Loading
Laila's Birthday
Genres
Drama
Overview
As Abu Laila is forced to leave his job as a judge and become a cab driver, he faces a hectic challenge when he's told by his wife to bring a gift and a cake for their daughter's seventh birthday, which proves to be a task more complicated than he expected.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
71 min
Release Date
2009-04-09
Status
Released
Original Language
Arabic
Vote Count
5
Vote Average
5.8
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
Mohammad Bakri
Abu Laila
Areen Omari
Um Laila
Nour Zoubi
Laila
Saleh Bakri
Former Prisoner
Walid Abed Elsalam
Director in the Ministry of Justice
Mahmoud Awadd
Mechanic
Karma Zoubi
Woman passenger to the hospital
Khaled Horani
Policeman in the police station
Hossine Nakhla
Donkey's Owner
Ahmad Abu Sal'oum
the second taxi driver
Housam Abu A'ishe
Gas Station Employee
Najah Abu El Heija
Crying Widow
Ahmad Abu Sal'oum
Second Taxi Driver
Valentina Abu-'Aksa
Woman in the Queue
Khaled Al Masou
Employee of the Ministry of Justice
Rawan Ao'de
Student Couple
Marwan Awadd
Armed Man
Yahya Barakat
Cake Seller
Badran Bedarin
The Mechanic's Son
Mahmoud El Cheikh
Passenger to the Factory Zone
Fadi El-Ghoul
The Injured Man
Ismael El Habbash
Woman's Husband
Walid Abed Elsalam
Director of Ministry of Justice
Ihab Abed Elsalam
Boy in the Toy Shop
Ahmad Ismail
Old Taxi Passenger
Shadi Joda
Ambulant Seller Child
Nadia Kan'an
Religious Woman in the Taxi
Mourad Qura'an
Man in the Queue
Ibrahim Rajob
Policeman with Motorcycle
Maxim Sansour
Student Couple
Ali Taleb Slimane
Passenger to the Barrier
Asem Zoubi
Decorator of Car
Karma Zoubi
Old Woman Going to Hospital
Similar Movies
Explore movies similar to this one that you might also enjoy.
6.0
The Tailor of Panama
A British spy is banished to Panama after having an affair with an ambassador's mistress. Once there he makes connection with a local tailor with a nefarious past and connections to all of the top political and gangster figures in Panama. The tailor also has a wife, who works for the Panamanian president and a huge debt. The mission is to learn what the President intends to do with the Canal.
2001-02-11 | en
1.0
The Nephew
Burgundy, France, end of 1945. On the day of his 15th birthday, Louis receives a very special gift from his uncle Jules, who decides to take his nephew to his favorite brothel in an attempt to let him explore his new life as a grown-up man. Through the evening’s bittersweet encounters, Louis discovers the adult world in all its complexity and cruelty.
2018-06-03 | fr
10.0
Blue Lights
Alejandro's 70th birthday unveils tensions and secrets within his gay/lesbian friend circle. Relationships evolve as truths about love, loss, and societal shifts emerge, exploring complexities that bind people together.
2024-02-22 | es
7.1
The Time That Remains
An examination of the creation of the state of Israel in 1948 through to the present day. A semi-biographic film, in four chapters, about a family spanning from 1948 until recent times. Combined with intimate memories of each member, the film attempts to portray the daily life of those Palestinians who remained in their land and were labelled "Israeli-Arabs," living as a minority in their own homeland.
2009-08-12 | ar
4.2
Garbage
Taxi driver Phanishwar is living with a mysterious girl, Nanaam, who he keeps in chains. When a medical student, Rami, a victim of revenge porn leaked online by an ex-boyfriend, seeks refuge in Goa, she stumbles into the strange but placid lives of Phanishwar and Nanaam.
2018-02-17 | en
5.7
Miral
A drama centered on an orphaned Palestinian girl growing up in the wake of the first Arab-Israeli war who finds herself drawn into the conflict.
2010-09-15 | en
0.0
The Chinese Wall
A lonely middle-aged woman dines alone in a Chinese restaurant on her birthday. She pays close attention to the other patrons, imagining their relationships and personal situations. She remembers her past lovers and child, and broods on her bitter sense of loss and loneliness. In an unthinking moment, she announces to the waitress that it is her birthday, and the entire social dynamic in the restaurant is altered. An intensely moving, bittersweet and realistic look at emotional loss and disconnection.
2002-09-28 | en
6.8
Just Remembering
A former couple remembers their most intimate days, only to part once again. A bittersweet love story inspired by a Jim Jarmusch masterpiece, set in times of the COVID-19 pandemic.
2022-02-11 | ja
6.2
Mozart and the Whale
A love story between two savants with Asperger's syndrome, a kind of autism, whose conditions sabotage their budding relationship.
2005-09-10 | en
0.0
Interval
Carlos, desperate for not receiving a response from his boyfriend, takes a taxi that will take him to various parts of the city to look for him and to find himself through Aurelio, the driver of the vehicle that will transport him in the middle of the night.
2025-06-20 | es
6.3
Daddio
A woman taking a cab ride from JFK airport engages in a conversation with the driver about the important relationships in their lives.
2024-06-27 | en
4.8
A Good Boy
After his mother's death, 17-year-old Sven moves in with his dad Achim, a taxi driver, who had divorced his mother several years earlier. It is not easy for Achim to get used to an adolescent around the house, especially since Sven hardly speaks to him. But Sven does well in school, and Achim hopes that time will bring them closer together. It is Achim's girlfriend Julia who first senses that something is wrong with Sven. Why, she wonders, does he always hang around with young boys? Why does not he have any friends his own age? She suspects that he is gay. The truth, however, is somewhat more nuanced - and chilling: Sven has pedophile tendencies. Proof is soon found on videos that shock and sicken Achim. Sven himself is shattered and regrets his actions. Julia suggests therapy, but Achim is convinced that he and Sven can handle this together. But he is wrong. Though Sven practically begs his father to lock him up in his room, Achim has confidence in his son.
2008-04-09 | de
6.9
Asphalt Tango
A desperate husband chases a bus full of beautiful women headed for Paris, France.
1996-11-13 | ro
7.1
What Have I Done to Deserve This?
A henpecked housewife ekes out a meager existence, surrounded by a host of colorful characters: her ungrateful husband, her delinquent sons, her headstrong mother-in-law, and her sex worker neighbor, among others.
1984-10-25 | es
5.8
Salt of This Sea
Born in Brooklyn to Palestinian refugee parents, Soraya decides to journey to the country of her ancestry when she discovers that her grandfather's savings have been frozen in a Jaffa bank account since his 1948 exile. However, she soon finds that her simple plan is a complicated undertaking — one that takes her further from her comfort zone than she'd imagined.
2008-09-03 | ar
9.0
Sin Clock
In order to turn their lives around, three taxi drivers living at the bottom rung of society hatch a plan to steal an invaluable art piece. Their plan was supposed to be perfect, but as coincidences pile up it becomes clear that nothing is going to go according to plan.
2023-02-10 | ja
6.2
Learning to Drive
As her marriage dissolves, a Manhattan writer takes driving lessons from a Sikh instructor with marriage troubles of his own. In each other's company they find the courage to get back on the road and the strength to take the wheel.
2014-08-21 | en
0.0
Taxi Rider
The tables turn when a smooth talking stalker tries to lure his next victim into a taxi.
2010-10-12 | en
6.9
Goodbye Solo
A man planning to commit suicide hires a taxi driver to take him to his jumping-off point.
2009-03-27 | en
5.1
12 horas
A night in the life of a cab driver in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
2001-01-01 | es