Laila's Birthday

Apr 9, 2009

1h 11m

★ 5.8

Overview

As Abu Laila is forced to leave his job as a judge and become a cab driver, he faces a hectic challenge when he's told by his wife to bring a gift and a cake for their daughter's seventh birthday, which proves to be a task more complicated than he expected.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Cinema Production Center

Cinétéléfilms

Sweetwater Pictures

Fortissimo Films

BrunBro Films

Laila's Birthday Trailers

Cast

Abu Laila

Mohammad Bakri

Um Laila

Areen Omari

Laila

Nour Zoubi

Former Prisoner

Saleh Bakri

Director in the Ministry of Justice

Walid Abed Elsalam

Mechanic

Mahmoud Awadd

Woman passenger to the hospital

Karma Zoubi

Policeman in the police station

Khaled Horani

Donkey's Owner

Hossine Nakhla

the second taxi driver

Ahmad Abu Sal'oum

Gas Station Employee

Housam Abu A'ishe

Crying Widow

Najah Abu El Heija

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