Middle East Film Series: Leila
- Event Date: Sunday, November 17, 2013
- Time: 2:00 pm (CST)
- Location: Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana, IL
- Cost: Free Admission
"Leila" (Iran 1997, 129 mins.), written, directed and produced by Dariush Mehrjui; Farabi Cinema Foundation. New York: First Run Features. Farsi with English subtitles. A wife in Iran who cannot have children is pressured by her in-laws into persuading her husband to take another wife so that he may have sons. A portrayal of the clash between tradition and modern marriage in Iran.
The Middle East Film Series is presented by the Center for South Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (CSAMES) and is funded in part by a grant from the Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language program, International Studies Division of the U.S. Department of Education.
Contact
For further information, visit www.csames.illinois.edu(external link), email aswillms@illinois.edu (e-mail link), or call (217) 244-5939.
To request disability-related accommodations for this event, please contact Brian Cudiamat at cudiamat@illinois.edu (email link) or (217) 244-5586.