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HABIBI (HABIBI RASAK KHARBAN) (Past Film)
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Completed - ARABIC - Drama, Romance - 78 minutes




Previous markets

  • Toronto 2011 (Premiere)
Full history

Year of production : 2011

Director(s) : Susan YOUSSEF
 Cast : Kais NASHEF, Maisa ABD ELHADI, Yussef ABU WARDA

Synopsis

Habibi uncannily re-casts Majnun Layla (Mad for Layla), the 9th century classical poetry tragic love epic, in today’s Gaza Strip. Qays and Layla are madly in love, but observant Khan Yunis they have to be married to be together. Qays is poor, Layla’s parents turn him away. Qays woos Layla by scribbling verse all over Khan Yunis’s walls. Habibi is a compelling ode to emancipation.

Production

Country(ies) : PALESTINE, USA, NETHERLANDS, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Festivals and Awards

Toronto - TIFF 2011 Discovery


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