Leila
Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2011
March 2 - 12, 2011
With clever, color-saturated numbers, this catchy musical love story about a pampered slacker and an ambitious Arab law student is a West Side Story for the 21st century set to the songs of the 60s and 70s in France and against the backdrop of the “sans papiers” protests that end with the occupation of Saint Bernard Church in Paris.
The second feature by the gifted Audrey Estrougo (Regarde-moi, Rendez-Vous 2008) is an infectious musical love story centered on the chance meeting of a pampered slacker and an ambitious Arab law student. The son of a police commissioner, Gab (Benjamin Siksou) leads a comfortable, picture-perfect life complete with a beautiful fiancée. Leila (the radiant Leïla Bekhti), meanwhile, barely has a second for herself, studying law and caring for her unruly younger brother after the death of their mother. When Gab and Leila meet in the wake of a traffic mishap, sparks fly and a romance blooms that will test the peaceful coexistence of their very different worlds. With clever, color-saturated production numbers that run the gamut from classic Hollywood to modern Bollywood, Leila is a West Side Story for the 21st century!
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