The Narrow Frame of Midnight (Itar el-Layl)
Synopsis
Toronto International Film Festival 2014 - World premiere
Details
- Year
- 2014
- Type of film
- Features
- Running time
- 93 mins
- Director
-
Tala Hadid
- Producer
- Khadija Alami, Joslyn Barnes, Cat Villiers
- Executive Producer
- Diloy Gulun, Soren Kloch
- Editor
- Joelle Hache
- Screenwriter
- Tala Hadid
- Director of Photography
- Alexander Burov
- Production Designer
- Dominique Lacloche
- Sound
- Simou Si Mohamed
- Principal cast
- Marie Josee Croze, Khalid Abdalla, Fadwa Boujouane
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Morocco, UK, US, Qatar, France coproduction
Autonomous (UK), Louverture Films (US), K Films (MA), Asap Films (FR)
Autonomous
Cat VilliersSales Company
Wide (FR)
9, rue Bleue75009 Paris
France
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