Everyday Is a Holiday
Every Day Is a Holiday | |
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Directed by | Dima El-Horr |
Written by | Rabih Mroué |
Produced by | Thierry Lenouvel Nicole Gerhards Sabine Sidawi-Hamdan Hanneke M. van der Tas |
Starring | Hiam Abbas |
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Music by | |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
Countries | France Lebanon |
Languages | Arabic French |
Every Day Is a Holiday (French: Chaque jour est une fête; Arabic: كل يوم عيد) is a 2009 film by the Lebanese director . The film is on the official selection of 2009 Toronto International Film Festival.[1] It is the first feature film by Dima El-Horr.
Plot[]
Three women, of different backgrounds, are on their way to prison to pay a visit to their men on independence day. As the story progresses, this journey becomes a quest for their own independence.
Cast[]
- Hiam Abbas
- as Lina
- as Tamara
Reception[]
Dennis Harvey of Variety wrote "A busload of stranded women wander a stark no-man's-land in Dima El-Horr's feature debut".[2]
References[]
- ^ Toronto International Film Festival, Everyday is a Holiday
- ^ Harvey, Dennis (21 September 2009). "Every Day Is a Holiday". Variety.
External links[]
Categories:
- 2009 films
- French films
- Lebanese films
- Arabic-language films
- French-language films
- 2009 comedy-drama films
- Lebanese comedy-drama films
- Lebanese film stubs
- Lebanon stubs
- 2000s comedy-drama film stubs