Synopsis
Twenty-five-year old Lola lives in New York, where she works for the postal service while dreaming of a dancing career. Youssef, her best friend, is a young, gay Egyptian who has come to live in New York exactly the way he wants. Through him, Lola learns of Ismahan, a star of oriental dance and a true legend in Cairo.
In the restaurant where Youssef works, Lola meets another Egyptian, Zack, and they start up a relationship.
The honeymoon quickly comes to an end, however, when Zack becomes aware of the cultural differences separating them and he returns to Egypt. Without thinking, Lola, as impetuous as she naïve, immediately decides to join him.
After arriving in Cairo, where she’s as disappointed by the reception she receives from Zack’s family as she is by his attitude toward her, she gets it into her head to find the fascinating dancer Ismahan.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (8)
Production and distribution (3)
- Co-productions : Pathé Production, Les Films du Nouveau Monde
- Film exports/foreign sales : Pathé Films
- French distribution : Pathé Films
Full credits (19)
- Executive Producer : Jake Eberts
- Assistant directors : William Pruss, Candice Abela, Amine Louadni, Mounir Saguia
- Associate Producer : Léonard Glowinski
- Sound Recordist : Amaury de Nexon
- Line Producers : Pierre Grunstein, Ségolène Fleury
- Screenwriters : Nabil Ayouch, Nathalie Saugeon, Jane Hawksley
- Director of Photography : Vincent Mathias
- Sound assistants : Jérôme Aghion, Arthur Le Roux, Marc Parazon
- Assistant Operators : Fabrice Bismuth, Fanny Coustenoble, Benoît Rizzotti
- Camera Operator : Renaat Lambeets
- Production Manager : Frantz Richard
- Press Attachés (film) : Jérôme Jouneaux, Isabelle Duvoisin
- Editor : Hervé de Luze
- Sound editors : Thomas Desjonquères, Guillaume D'Ham
- Assistant Editor : Julien Fouré
- Continuity supervisor : Dominique Piat
- Production Designer : Pierre-François Limbosch
- Music Composer : Krishna Levy
- Sound mixers : Dean Humphreys, Vincent Cosson
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Musical
- Production language : French
- Production country : France (100.0%)
- Original French-language productions : No
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2006
- French release : 16/04/2008
- Runtime : 1 h 55 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 116.508
- Visa issue date : 31/03/2008
- Approval : Yes
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : CinemaScope
- Audio format : Dolby SRD
- Rating restrictions : None
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