Young lovers Qays and Layla are university students in the West Bank who hail from Khan Yunis in Gaza. He is pursuing a degree in literature and she in engineering, but they are forced to return home before completing their courses. In the more religious and traditional environment of Khan Yunis, their love story can continue only by marrying. Yet Qays, who is a construction worker living in a refugee camp, is too poor to convince Layla’s father that he can provide for his beloved daughter. As the couple struggles to be together, Qays paints verses from the classical poem Majnun Layla all over Khan Yunis, a rebellious act that angers Layla’s father and the local self-appointed moral police.
Stars: Maisa Abd Elhadi, Qais Nashif, Yosef Abu Wardeh, Amer Khalil, Jihad Al-Khattib, Basel Husseini
Crew: Susan Youssef (Director), Susan Youssef (Writer), Susan Youssef (Editor), Bashar Hassuneh (Production Design), PJ Raval (Director of Photography), Hamada Atallah (Costume Design)
Country: Palestinian Territory, Netherlands, United States of America, United Arab Emirates
Language: العربية
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Runtime: 78 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Sep 04, 2011
IMDb: 5.8
