Darling, Something's Wrong with Your Head

Darling, Something's Wrong with Your Head

78 mins | Sept. 4, 2011

“Darling, Something's Wrong with Your Head" a story of forbidden love, is the first fiction feature set in Gaza in over 15 years. The film is a modern re-telling of the legendary tragic romance 'Majnun Layla', which was set in seventh century Arabia, when a poet named Qays fell in love with Layla. Driven by the intensity of his passion, Qays was known as 'Majnun Layla', which translates as 'madman for Layla'. In the contemporary setting, two students in the West Bank are forced to return home to Gaza, where their love defies tradition. To reach his lover, Qays graffiti's poetry across town.

Darling, Something's Wrong with Your Head

78 mins | Sept. 4, 2011

Darling, Something's Wrong with Your Head
“Darling, Something's Wrong with Your Head" a story of forbidden love, is the first fiction feature set in Gaza in over 15 years. The film is a modern re-telling of the legendary tragic romance 'Majnun Layla', which was set in seventh century Arabia, when a poet named Qays fell in love with Layla. Driven by the intensity of his passion, Qays was known as 'Majnun Layla', which translates as 'madman for Layla'. In the contemporary setting, two students in the West Bank are forced to return home to Gaza, where their love defies tradition. To reach his lover, Qays graffiti's poetry across town.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers
Original title Habibi Rasak Kharban
Directors Susan Youssef
Writers Susan Youssef

Cast

Maisa Abd Elhadi

as Layla

Qais Nashif

as Qays

Yosef Abu Wardeh

as Al-Mahdi

Amer Khalil

as Qays' Father