The read
It runs a compact 1h 28m.
Synopsis
Leila Mustapha is Kurdish and Syrian. Her battle was Raqqa, the former capital of the Islamic State with 300,000 inhabitants, reduced to a field of ruin after the war. An engineer by training, mayor at just 30, immersed in a world of men, her mission is to rebuild her city, to reconcile, and to establish democracy there. An extraordinary mission. A French writer crosses Iraq and Syria to meet her. In this still dangerous city, she has 9 days to live with Leila and tell her story in a book.
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
7 audience votes
Key crew
- Xavier de LauzanneDirector
- Ibrahim MaaloufOriginal Music Composer