Leila et les loups

France, Lebanon, England, Belgium, The Netherlands, Sweden | 1984 - restored copy 2022 | 1h30 | fiction Lebanese student Leïla travels through time and space to invalidate the colonialist and male chauvinistic version of history presented by her lover Rafic. Her journey begins under the British mandate of the 1920s and ends in the Lebanese civil war. Browsing over 80 years of history, she carries out an archaeological excavation of the collective memory of Palestinian and Lebanese women, revealing their hidden role. At the end of her journey, she realizes that patriarchy oppresses men too.