Synopsis
Leila Mustapha is Kurdish and Syrian. Her battle was Raqqa, the former capital of the Islamic State with 300,000 inhabitants, reduced to a field of ruin after the war. An engineer by training, mayor at just 30, immersed in a world of men, her mission is to rebuild her city, to reconcile, and to establish democracy. An extraordinary mission. A French writer crosses Iraq and Syria to meet her. In this still dangerous city, she has 9 days to live with Leila and tell her story in a book.
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Director (1)
Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producer : Aloest Productions
- Co-productions : Echo Studio, Ibé Films
- Film exports/foreign sales : Taskovski Films
- French distribution : L'Atelier Distribution
Full credits (9)
- Executive Producers : François-Hugues De Vaumas, Xavier De Lauzanne
- Screenwriter : Xavier De Lauzanne
- Director of Photography : Xavier De Lauzanne
- Editor : Jean-Maxime Besset
- Sound recordist : Caroline Florentin
- Co-producers : Jean-François Camilleri, Ibrahim Maalouf
- Sound Editor : Vincent Villa
- Grader : Jean Coudsi
- Sound Mixer : Vincent Villa
Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Documentary
- Production language : Arabic, English, French, Kurdish
- Production country : France (100.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2020
- French release : 08/09/2021
- Runtime : 1 h 30 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 154.140
- Approval :
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 2.35
- Audio format : 5.1
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Resources
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