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Layla, Ma Raison

Original title: Majnoun Layla
  • 1989
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
43
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Layla, Ma Raison (1989)
DramaRomance

Since childhood, Qays and Layla have been in love. Qays, being a poet, publicly sings of his love, crying it out joyously far and wide - just the sort of public proclamation which was strict... Read allSince childhood, Qays and Layla have been in love. Qays, being a poet, publicly sings of his love, crying it out joyously far and wide - just the sort of public proclamation which was strictly condemned at the time. Distraught yet fearless, Qays stubbornly proclaims with all the ... Read allSince childhood, Qays and Layla have been in love. Qays, being a poet, publicly sings of his love, crying it out joyously far and wide - just the sort of public proclamation which was strictly condemned at the time. Distraught yet fearless, Qays stubbornly proclaims with all the more vigor his love for Layla, who remains entrapped by her own clan.

  • Director
    • Taieb Louhichi
  • Stars
    • Sid Ahmed Agoumi
    • Tarik Akan
    • Fatma Ben Saïdane
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.9/10
    43
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Taieb Louhichi
    • Stars
      • Sid Ahmed Agoumi
      • Tarik Akan
      • Fatma Ben Saïdane
    • 1User review
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination total

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    Sid Ahmed Agoumi
    • L'envoyé du Prince
    Tarik Akan
    Tarik Akan
    • Mecnun
    Fatma Ben Saïdane
    • La muette
    Safy Boutella
    • Qays-Majnûn
    Abderrahmane El Rachi
    • Le père de Layla
    Fatima Hellilou
    • La mère de Qays
    Anca Nicola
    • Layla
    Mouna Noureddine
    • La mère de Layla
    Hichem Rostom
    Hichem Rostom
    • Le mari de Layla
    • Director
      • Taieb Louhichi
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    9naqshbandi

    Excellent retelling of the Arabic "Romeo and Juliet"

    I saw this years ago when it showed on Channel 4 in England. It is a French-Tunisian film aka Laila Ma Raison and tells the historic love story between Qays, a poet, and his sweetheart, Layla, and how he is driven to madness by her father's refusal to agree to their marriage due to caste differences. He roams the deserts and becomes a wandering dervish till people call him Majnun (Mad/Possessed). The story of Layla and Majnun is legendary throughout the Middle East and the Subcontinent and many film versions have been made, for example by Bollywood, but this is by far the best and realistic.

    Highly recommended.

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    • Release date
      • 1989 (Tunisia)
    • Countries of origin
      • Tunisia
      • Algeria
      • France
    • Official site
      • Official Site - Taïeb Louhichi (TN)
    • Language
      • Arabic
    • Also known as
      • Majnoun Layla
    • Production companies
      • CAAIC
      • Tanit Productions
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      • 1h 30m(90 min)
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