Whatever Lola Wants (film)

Whatever Lola Wants
Directed byNabil Ayouch
Written by
  • Nabil Ayouch
  • Jane Hawksley
  • Nathalie Saugeon
Produced byJake Eberts
Starring
CinematographyVincent Mathias
Edited byHervé de Luze
Music byKrishna Levy
Production
companies
  • The 7th Floor
  • Ali'n Productions
  • B.C. Films
  • Pathé
Distributed byPathé Distribution
Release date
Running time
115 minutes
Countries
  • Canada
  • France
Languages
  • English
  • Arabic
Budget$8,000,000 (apx)
Box office$655,467[1]

Whatever Lola Wants is a 2007 French-Canadian romantic drama film directed by Nabil Ayouch.[2] 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.[3][4]

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.[5]

  1. ^ "Whatever Lola Wants (2007)". Box Office Mojo.
  2. ^ Benmehdi, Hassan. "Whatever Lola Wants: Ayouch film stresses East-West cultural dialogue". Magharebia. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  3. ^ Orlando, Valerie (2011). Screening Morocco: Contemporary Depictions in Film of a Changing Society. Ohio University Press. pp. 35, 38, 40–45. ISBN 978-0896802810. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  4. ^ Masters, Charles. "Belly-dancing actress suffers for her craft". Reuters/Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  5. ^ Gugler, Josef (2011). Film in the Middle East and North Africa: Creative Dissidence. University of Texas Press. p. 331. ISBN 9780292723276. Retrieved 13 July 2014.