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Leila

A Film by Dariush Mehrjui

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Description

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. The heartbreak that follows is "in a word, devastating." (The New York Times)

Called "the most interesting and accomplished filmmaker the United States has never heard of" by Godfrey Cheshire in The New York Press, Mehrjui has become more familiar to audiences with the critical and box office success of Leila which topped the critics' lists for best films of 1999.


What the Critics are Saying

"One of the top ten films of the year! Provocative, wise and brilliant!" -Village Voice

"Beautifully shot, expertly acted and directed by an astute social critic and an ingeniously distinctive stylist." -The New York Press

"Eloquent, unflinching and devastating." -Los Angeles Times


Features and Specifications

Bonus materials:
  • Scene Access
  • Interactive Menus

Format: DVD
Release Year : 1999
Running Time: 129 minutes
Color: Color
Language: Farsi w/English subtitles



  

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