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LAILA THE MOVIE

Readings for Lead roles will be in LA at end of JUNE. [email protected] send pictures.

About Me

An Afghan psycho-thriller, that moves back and fourth in time between real and surreal events, complemented with documentary footage. The film is based on the real life events of a tormented Afghan girl growing up in Brooklyn, USA, due to strict cultural accretions.

My Interests

A babie dies. Her father cries. The world seems cruel. All full of fools. Gun shots up in the air. Kids with out parents everywhere. Hatred in most human eyes. Telling all sorts of lies. Can't they realize. That we're all created equal. But it seems that this is just another sequal. A thousand races. A thousand religions. A thousand cultures. We are all the same. Can we live our lives with out complain. Haven't been in peace on this earth. Ever since my birth. Escaped from my own land. To the land of strangers. Then moved from land, to land to land. Trying to find the right place for my hand. Where it can rest at ease. Just a little peace, please. Just a little peace, please. Hoped for peace. At least. In the land of the free. But non at that tree. Politics everywhere. One always thinks they're better then the other, must they think like that forever?

Television:

PLEASE SEND HEADSHOTS & RESUMES TO: Cineque Pictures LLC 319 Broadway, 5th Floor NY, NYC 10007 Attn: Moniere's Laila, Casting Dep't.

Books:

CHARACTER BREAKDOWN: ALIA FIROUZ (lead) Afghan/ Middle Eastern/ Iranian features. Huge hypnotic dark eyes. Slim. Tall. Beautiful. Light skin.MAHBOOB GUL-YAR (lead). Afghan/ Middle Eastern/ Iranian features. Slim. Good looking. A real FOB. Laila's Husband immigrated from Afghanistan.ABRAHAM ABDULLAH (lead). Laila’s boyfriend. late teens, Arab. Medium built. Should speak Arabic.VIDA DURRANI (lead). Laila’s mom. 40s. can pass for 50’s. has no aura to her look. A natural and permanent frown stamps her face. Slightly overweight.MASOUD DURRANI (lead) Laila’s dad. 50s. can pass for 60’s. worn out. Rugged & Mean looking. Tall and broad.GABRIEL WEISS. (lead). Laila’s best friend. 19. Iranian Jewish descent. Effeminate. GQ. Model type good looking. Should speak some Hebrew and Farci.AISHA. Laila’s daughter. 3 years old. Afghan/Middle Easter / Iranian features.

Heroes:

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