Every Day Is a Holiday (film) should not be confused with Every Day Is a Holiday.
| Every Day Is a Holiday | |
| Director: | Dima El-Horr |
| Producer: | Thierry Lenouvel Nicole Gerhards Sabine Sidawi-Hamdan Hanneke M. van der Tas |
| Starring: | Hiam Abbas Manal Khader Raïa Haidar |
| Music: | Pierre Aviat |
| Cinematography: | Dominique Gentil |
| Runtime: | 90 minutes |
| Country: | France Lebanon |
| Language: | Arabic French |
Every Day is a Holiday (French: Chaque jour est une fête; Arabic: كل يوم عيد) is a 2009 film by the Lebanese director Dima El-Horr. The film is on the official selection of 2009 Toronto International Film Festival.[1] It is the first feature film by Dima El-Horr.
Three women, of different backgrounds, are on their way to prison to pay a visit to their men on Independence Day. As the story progresses, this journey becomes a quest for their own independence.
Dennis Harvey of Variety wrote, "A busload of stranded women wander a stark no-man's-land in Dima El-Horr's feature debut."[2]