7ROOZ.com 7rooz Persian/Iranian Events

08:15 PM » VERONA 'ROMEO & JULIET' AMORE FILM FESTIVAL: DAVID & LAYLA

David & Layla- a Romeo & Juliet with a happy ending!

21 Official Selections, 5 Wins.

Shiva Rose is the first Persian American actress in a lead role in an English-speaking feature, winner of "Best Breakthrough Performance Award"- search Shiva Rose's interview at PersianMirror, and her TV interview at Irandokht.

David & Layla screens at Verona 'Amore' Love Festival in Italy- the famous city of Shakespeare's original star-crossed lovers Romeo & Juliet - in Panoroma as the film from World Cinema that re-interperts Romeo & Juilet in a different country

First Persian actress to get "Excellent" review in Hollywood industry international VARIETY: "Shiva Rose (Layla) excels as a self-reliant damsel in distress worth rooting for." VARIETY 07/24/06.

The Director is the winner of the 'Spirit of Independent Award.'

From an impossible romance, a hope (a fantasy!) for peace: David & Layla- a Jewish Muslim Romantic Comedy. Though Layla is a Kurdish war survivor/refugee, she symbolizes the grace & the femininity of women from the Middle East and the Islamic world.

Layla’s challenge - striving to keep the best of her rich East culture while adapting to, and enjoying the best of West’s culture including freedom - is shared by millions of Muslim women from Tehran to Los Angeles, from Beirut to London, from Baghdad to Washington...

Date and Time: Friday, May 4, 2007 8:15 PM

Cinema Filarmonico, Via Roma 1 - Verona, Italy
Tickets: 5, 7,9 Euros at Cinema Filarmonico Box Office
Tel. 0039 045 596826

E - Mail: dv@NewrozFilms.com

David & Layla: http://www.NewrozFilms.com

Verona Amore Film Festival: http://www.schermidamore.it