Laila at the Bridge
7.6
In a country offering almost no treatment services despite a crisis of addiction, Laila Haidari took the highly unusual decision to found her own pioneering addiction treatment center and a restaurant where all of the waiters are recovering heroin addicts. A deeply personal perspective on the global addiction epidemic, the film follows the labor of love of one woman fighting to keep her center alive in the face of physical threats, governmental opposition and the departure of the international community from Afghanistan.
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Elizabeth Mirzaei Director · Gulistan Mirzaei Director Andrea Henriquez Editor
United States release October 21, 2018 · Produced in Afghanistan, Canada · Languages Pashto, Persian
Production
Intuitive Pictures
Production
Mirzaei Films
Production
Afghanistan · Canada
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Original language
Pashto
Spoken on screen
Pashto · Persian
Release dates
Denmark · March 21, 2018
CPH:DOX
Canada · April 30, 2018
Limited theatrical
United States · October 21, 2018
New Orleans Film Festival
Japan
March 20, 2019 · TV premiere
Sweden
December 11, 2018 · TV premiere
Switzerland
August 5, 2018 · Locarno Film Festival
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