2020 · drama · ensemble · haifa
Laila in Haifa
Directed by Amos Gitai1h 39m2020
The film was shot entirely in a nightclub, with an adjoining contemporary art gallery, whose customers are both Israelis and Palestinians, in one of Israel’s most open cities, Haifa. A long night in a place where the most diverse people meet: Jews, Muslims, gays, heterosexuals, transvestites; and three women, who in that multifaceted microcosm, a gathering peaceful hideout, can find shelter from male bullying and arrogance.
Our read: Laila in Haifa (2020) reads as a sombre, measured, grounded drama · ensemble · haifa entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, measured, measured drama / ensemble, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
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