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Bursting with mordant wit and alive with urgent real-life dramatic energy, Rashid Masharawi's Laila's Birthday is a "fleet, dark urban comedy," (New York Times) that "moves at a brisk clip, ticking incidents like a meter on overtime" (Time Out New York).
Original Release
10/17/2008
US Release
05/29/2009
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Mohammad Bakri | Abu Laila |
| Areen Omari | Um Laila |
| Nour Zoubi | Laila |
| Housam Abu Aishe | Gas Station Employee |
| Valantina Abu Aq'ssah | Woman in the Queue |
| Najah Abu El Heija | Crying Widow |
| Ahmad Abu Sal'oum | Second Taxi Driver / the second taxi driver |
| Khaled Al Masou | Employee of the Ministry of Justice |
| Rawan Ao'de | Student Couple |
| Mahmoud Awadd | The Mechanic / Mechanic |
Directors
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Mohammad Bakri | Abu Laila |
| Areen Omari | Um Laila |
| Nour Zoubi | Laila |
| Housam Abu Aishe | Gas Station Employee |
| Valantina Abu Aq'ssah | Woman in the Queue |
| Najah Abu El Heija | Crying Widow |
| Ahmad Abu Sal'oum | Second Taxi Driver / the second taxi driver |
| Khaled Al Masou | Employee of the Ministry of Justice |
| Rawan Ao'de | Student Couple |
| Mahmoud Awadd | The Mechanic / Mechanic |
| Marwan Awadd | Armed Man |
| Saleh Bakri | Former Prisoner |
| Yahya Barakat | Cake Seller |
| Badran Bedarin | The Mechanic's Son |
| Mahmoud El Cheikh | Passenger to the Factory Zone |
| Fadi El Ghoul | The Injured Man |
| Ismael El Habbash | Woman's Husband |
| Walid Abed Elsalam | Director of Ministry of Justice / Director in the Ministry of Justice |
| Ihab Abed Elssalam | Boy in the Toy Shop |
| Khaled Hourani | Policeman at the Police Station |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Wouter Barendrecht | Executive Producer |
| Michael J. Werner | Executive Producer |
| Rashid Masharawi | Producer |
| Habib Attia | Producer |
| Dimitri de Clercq | Producer |
| Nour Eddine Saïl | Producer |
| Othmar Sweers | Producer |
| Peter van Vogelpoel | Producer |
| Denis Wigman | Producer |
Editors
