2008 · drama · comedy · social
Laila's Birthday
Directed by Rashid Masharawi1h 11m2008
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.
Our read: Laila's Birthday (2008) reads as a neutral, kinetic, grounded drama · comedy · social entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, kinetic, measured drama / comedy, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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