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Everyday Is a Holiday is a french film of genre Drama with Hiam Abbass
Everyday Is a Holiday (2010)
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Add to a movie listEvery Day Is a Holiday (French: Chaque jour est une fête; Arabic: كل يوم عيد) is a 2009 film by the Lebanese director Dima El-Horr. The film is on the official selection of 2009 Toronto International Film Festival. It is the first feature film by Dima El-Horr.
^ Toronto International Film Festival, Everyday is a Holiday
Synopsis
Three women, of different backgrounds, are on their way to prison to pay a visit to their men on independence day. As the story progresses, this journey becomes a quest for their own independence.Actors
Hiam Abbass
(Hala)
Karim Saleh
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