Whatever Lola Wants (2007)
- Original title
- Whatever Lola wants
- Directed by
- Nabil Ayouch
- Genre
- romance film
- Country
- France, Canada
- Runtime
- 1h 55m
- Rating
- 6.1 of 10 from 30 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
An American postal worker travels to Egypt to find a legendary belly dancer. She learns about dance and culture while pursuing her own dream.
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What happens
Whatever Lola Wants is a 2007 French-Canadian romantic drama film directed by Nabil Ayouch. The film had its world premiere on December 11, 2007 at the Dubai International Film Festival and stars Laura Ramsey as an American postal worker who travels to Egypt to seek out a legendary belly dancer. In his book Film in the Middle East and North Africa Josef Gugler commented that at the time of its release, the film had a larger budget than any previous Moroccan film and was one of the highest grossing Moroccan films for 2008. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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