Leila
The tragedy of a love torn apart by each partner's overeagerness to please the other.
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DVD-R Details
- Run Time: 2 hours, 9 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Released: September 18, 2018
- Originally Released: 1997
- Label: First Run Features
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Leila Hatami & Ali Mosaffa | |
Performer: | Jamileh Sheikhi & Mohamad Reza Sharifinia | |
Directed by | Dariush Mehrjui | |
Director of Photography: | Mahmoud Kalari |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 3.5/4 --
A film of great sadness, the tragedy of a love torn apart by each partner's overeagerness to please the other.
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TheMovieReport.com
From the first frame to the last, you feel an intimacy with Leila that is the result of flawless direction and excellent writing.
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Film Journal International
Rating: 3/4 --
A powerfully articulated and subtle drama from famous Iranian director Dariush Mehrjui.
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TheFilmFile.com
A richly developed psychodrama that reveals the crucial role self-esteem plays in our relationships.
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Spirituality and Practice
Rating: A --
This is a very compelling and subtle film, it shows the current conflict in Iran between modernity and Islamic tradition.
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Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Description by OLDIES.com:
Reza and Leila, an attractive and affluent young couple deeply in love and recently married, discover that Leila is unable to conceive. Invoking tradition, Reza's mother convinces her daughter-in-law that Reza must, out of necessity, take a second wife to produce an heir.
Product Info
- Sales Rank: 74,596
- UPC: 810162037543
- Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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