Every Day is a Holiday (French: Chaque jour est une fête; Arabic: كل يوم عيد) is a 2009 film by the Lebanese director Dima El-Horr. The film is on the official selection of 2009 Toronto International Film Festival.[1] It is the first feature film by Dima El-Horr.
Every Day Is a Holiday | |
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Directed by | Dima El-Horr |
Written by | Dima El-Horr Rabih Mroué |
Produced by | Thierry Lenouvel Nicole Gerhards Sabine Sidawi-Hamdan Hanneke M. van der Tas |
Starring | Hiam Abbas Manal Khader Raïa Haidar |
Cinematography | Dominique Gentil |
Music by | Pierre Aviat |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
Countries | France Lebanon |
Languages | Arabic French |
Plot
editThree 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
edit- Hiam Abbas
- Manal Khader as Lina
- Raïa Haidar as Tamara
Reception
editDennis 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
edit- ^ Toronto International Film Festival, Everyday is a Holiday
- ^ Harvey, Dennis (21 September 2009). "Every Day Is a Holiday". Variety.
External links
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