Leila and the Wolves
Leila and the Wolves (Arabic: ليلى والذئاب) is a 1984 drama film from Lebanese director Heiny Srour[1] and assistant director Sabah Jabbour.[2]
It was filmed in often treacherous areas and the filming lasted seven years.[3] 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.[4] The film won the Grand Prize in the Third World competition at the International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg.[1]
Cast & Crew
Directors of photography: Charlet Recors, Curtis Clark
Editor: Eva Houdova
Sound: Peter Maxwell
Music: Mounir Bachir, Laki Nassif
Cast: Nabila Zeitouni, Rafik Ali Ahmad, Raja Nehme, Sabah Obeid, Samar Samy
References
- ^ a b Hillauer, Rebecca (2005). Encyclopedia of Arab Women Filmmakers. American University in Cairo Press. p. 183. ISBN 9789774249433.
- ^ "Sabah Jabbour". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on August 24, 2021.
- ^ Kuhn, Annette (1990). The Women's Companion to International Film. University of California Press. p. 383. ISBN 9780520088795.
- ^ "Leila and the Wolves". Time Out. 10 September 2012. Retrieved June 24, 2017.
Bibliography
- Terri Ginsberg, Films of Arab Loutfi and Heiny Srour: Studies in Palestine Solidarity Cinema, Palgrave, 2021 ; see, p. 19-49, first chapter.
- Viviane Saglier, « Decolonization, Disenchantment, and Arab Feminist Genealogies », Feminist Media Histories 8(1), January 2022, p. 72-101, DOI:10.1525/fmh.2022.8.1.72 read online
- Mark Westmoreland, «Leila and the Wolves», Ginsberg, Terri; Lippard, Chris (2020-09-15). Historical Dictionary of Middle Eastern Cinema. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-5381-3905-9. Retrieved 2025-01-15., p. 310-311.
- «Leila and the Wolves», Hillauer, Rebecca (2005). Encyclopedia of Arab Women Filmmakers. American University in Cairo Press. ISBN 978-977-424-943-3. Retrieved 2025-01-09., p. 184-187.