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.
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- Bashar Al Assadas Self - le dictateur de Syrie
- Jihane Cheikh Ahmedas Self - porte-parole des Forces Démocratiques Syriennes
- Jean Matthieu Gautieras Self - photographe
- Elizabeth Gawriaas Self - la présidente de la Zone d'Autodétermination du Nord-Est de la Syrie
- Francois Hollandeas Self - président de la République française
- Angela Merkelas Self - chancelière de l République fédérale allemande
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Edited by Jean Maxime BessetShot by Xavier De LauzanneScored by Ibrahim Maalouf
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15 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Bashar Al Assad
as Self - le dictateur de Syrie
Jihane Cheikh Ahmed
as Self - porte-parole des Forces Démocratiques Syriennes
Jean Matthieu Gautier
as Self - photographe
Elizabeth Gawria
as Self - la présidente de la Zone d'Autodétermination du Nord-Est de la Syrie
Francois Hollande
as Self - président de la République française
Angela Merkel
as Self - chancelière de l République fédérale allemande
Laila Mustafa
as Self
Fatima Mustapha
as Self - la mère de Leila
Muslim Mustapha
as Self - le père de Leila
Barack Obama
as Self - président des Etats-Unis
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