EVERY DAY IS A HOLIDAY
by Dima El-Horr
synopsis
The streets of Beirut are packed with people and demonstrators. In the meantime, three women who do not know each other, get on the same bus, travelling to the same place, Mermel prison where their men are locked up, but with different aims in mind. The journey towards their destination seems fairly trouble free, but then all of a sudden an accident changes the situation. The three women are prey to their anxieties and female obsessions, lost in the middle of nowhere: they are surrounded by the arid desert landscape and experience a surreal vision, following dunes, mirages and the evocation of the revolution's martyrs.
international title: | Every Day is a Holiday |
original title: | Chaque jour est une fête (Every Day is a Holiday) |
country: | France, Lebanon, Germany |
sales agent: | Urban Sales |
year: | 2009 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Dima El-Horr |
film run: | 85' |
release date: | FR 20/01/2010 |
screenplay: | Dima El-Horr |
cast: | Raia Haidar, Manal Khader, Hiam Abbass, Karim Saleh, Nabil Abou Mrad, Fadi Abi Samta, Siro Faselian, Bilal Atoui, Berge Fasilian |
cinematography by: | Dominique Gentil |
film editing: | Jacques Comets |
art director: | Maia Tabet |
costumes designer: | Rana Jamal |
music: | Pierre Aviat |
producer: | Thierry Lenouvel, Nicole Gerhards, Sabine Sidawi-Hamdan, Hanneke Van Der Tas |
production: | Ciné-Sud Promotion, Nikovantastic Film, Orjouane Productions (LB) |
backing: | Medianboard Berlin Brandenburg, World Cinema Fund, CNC France, EED |
distributor: | Sophie Dulac Distribution |