Everyday Is a Holiday (2009)
"Chaque jour est une fête" (original title)

It's Independence Day in Lebanon: three women who've never met before are on the same bus heading to visit a prison situated in a remote area of the country. Traveling through an arid ... See full summary »

Director:

Dima El-Horr

Writers:

Dima El-Horr, Rabih Mroue

Stars:

Hiam Abbass, Manal Khader, Raia Haidar

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Hiam Abbass	...	Hala
Manal Khader	...	Lina
Raia Haidar	...	Tamara
Fadi Abi Samra	...	Pick-up driver
Berj Fazalian	...	Bus driver (as Berge Fazelian)
Nabil Abou Mrad	...	Old man in hearse
Karim Saleh	...	Hisham
Sirvart Fazlian	...	Jamila (as Sirvart Fazelian)
Aïda Younes	...	Woman in bus
Yasmina Breidy	...	Woman in bus
Nakiiah Chahoud	...	Woman in bus
Sarah Mrad	...	Woman in bus (as Sabah Mrad)
Yvette Azmar	...	Woman in bus
Claude Ziade	...	Woman in bus
Amale Ziade	...	Woman in bus

Storyline

It's Independence Day in Lebanon: three women who've never met before are on the same bus heading to visit a prison situated in a remote area of the country. Traveling through an arid landscape littered with mines and decapitated dreams, the journey transforms into the women's quest for their own independence.

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Sophie Dulac [fr]

Country:

France Lebanon Germany

Language:

Arabic French

Release Date:

27 March 2010 (USA)

Also Known As:

Every Day Is a Holiday

Filming Locations:

Lebanon

Company Credits

Production Co:

Ciné-Sud Promotion, Orjouane Productions, Nikovantastic Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

87 min

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Three women's lives converge on a bus heading to a men's prison, through the Lebanese desert.

Three women's lives converge on a bus heading to a men's prison, through the Lebanese desert. The women have each come to this place because of their men, but for very different reasons.

A random, shattering event propels them out into this terrible place alone, with only each other to rely on. A deadly world of hot sun, distant artillery fire, and mute packs of refugees, always leaving.

In her first feature film, Dima El-Horr composes scenes of acute intimacy against an epic vision of desolation, punctuated with sequences of hyper-realistic symbolism. Hiam Abbass, Manal Khader and Raïa Haïdar are each fascinating to watch, and deeply eloquent as they inhabit three unforgettable characters.