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]
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]