Leila and the Wolves (ليلى والذئاب) is a 1984 drama film from Lebanese director Heiny Srour and assistant director Sabah Jabbour.[1]

It was filmed in often treacherous areas and the filming lasted seven years.[2] In the film, the protagonist Leila, a modern Lebanese woman living in London, time travels through the 1900s to the 1980s, with each trip focusing on the centrality of women in Palestinian and Lebanese resistance movements.[3] The film won the Grand Prize in the Third World competition at the International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Sabah Jabbour
  2. ↑ Kuhn, Annette (1990). The Women's Companion to International Film. University of California Press. p. 383. ISBN 9780520088795.
  3. ↑ "Leila and the Wolves". Time Out. 10 September 2012. Retrieved June 24, 2017.
  4. ↑ Hillauer, Rebecca (2005). Encyclopedia of Arab Women Filmmakers. American University in Cairo Press. p. 183. ISBN 9789774249433.


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