Nahla

After the battle of Kfar Chouba in Lebanon in January 1975, Larbi Nasri, a young Algerian journalist, was caught in the whirlwind of events preceding the civil war. Linked to Maha, Hind, Raouf and Michel who surround Nahla, he witnesses the construction of the myth of Nahla, a singer adored by the Arab population. One day Nahla loses her voice on stage. The atmosphere of crisis that reigns around her is spreading like an infection. Larbi, fascinated, loses his footing and gets bogged down.

Cast

Yasmine Khlat

as Nahla

Roger Assaf

as Nasri

Lina Tebbara

as Maha

Faek Homaissi

as Raouf

Yousef Saiah‎

as Larabi

Nabila Zeitouni

as Hend

Ahmed AlZein

as Michel

Abdullah Homsi

as Gibran

Ahmed Mehrez

as Nabil

Ziad Rahbani

as Himself

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