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Leila and the Cigarette
Directed By
Leah Manasseh
Language
Arabic
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Original title: ليلى و السيجارة
In early September 2011, Leah decided to go to Lebanon to film her grandmother. Two weeks after the end of filming, her grandmother died of metastatic lung cancer. It would take her 12 years to regain the courage to review their last conversations. Through memories and poems she draws the portrait of her grandmother paying homage to her colorful spirit that made her unique.
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