Alila

Alila is a 2003 Israeli film directed by Amos Gitai and starring Yaël Abecassis, Uri Klauzner, and Hanna Laslo. The drama follows half a dozen very different characters through their lives in modern day Israel, giving Gitai an opportunity to comment on his country's top social issues.

The film received mixed reviews. Newsday called it, "sexy, colorful, courageous and boldly entertaining," and the Village Voice called the director "Israel's one man new wave"; Stephen Holden of the New York Times stated: "There really isn't a likable character in the movie, which opens today in Manhattan. The filmmaker's jaundiced view of humanity is matched by his eye for the ugly".

Plot

Instead of written credits at the beginning of the film, Gitai reads out the credits, introduces himself to the viewer, and explains that Alila is based on the novel Returning Lost Love. The rest of the movie is made up of forty individual single shot scenes depicting the lives of several Israelis. The character's lives overlap and collide. Gabi, a bobbed haired sexpot, and her lover Hezi—who's older, balding and married—rent a room to have an affair, while Ezra, a pot bellied divorcee, supervises an illegal construction site next door. All this racket drives Schwartz, a Holocaust survivor, to a mental breakdown. Other characters include illegal immigrants, a teenage boy who's afraid to serve in the army, and a corrupt police officer. In each scene the camera moves through walls, over desks, and around rooms in order to keep focused on the character it's following, in moments of drama as well as in moments of mudane daily activity.

DJ Assad

Adam Assad (born 14 December 1982), better known by his stage name DJ Assad, is a French disc jockey. He is best known for his "Royal Mix" show on various French stations. He also has released the album Playground in 2010.

Career

He was passionate about music from very early on and tried various styles (Hip Hop, Rock, House et Soul). His meeting with DJ Abdel and DJ Godjothai in when he was just eighteen, launched him in DJing and he considered them his mentors. With DJ Milouz he launched the concept of "Royal Mix" on Radio FG in 2002. La Mixtape FG concept was born and he became a resident DJ with the popular station from 2002 to 2006, when he moved to French radio station Fun Radio where he was given a regular spot Saturdays from 7 to 9 pm to present his "Royal Mix".

In addition to his radio work, he found chart success in France with producing "Everybody Clap" and "Summer Lovin'" both credited to DJ Assad vs Maradja. He also mixed hits at various night venues like Pacha, Vip Room, Papagayo, Acapulco, Louise Gallery and Platinum.

Willy William

Willy William is a French-Jamaican DJ, music producer and singer songwriter and artist famous for his club remixes and vocal collaborations with a number of dance music artists.

He came to prominence in 2003 with his work with DJ Flex in the dancefloor hit B Boyz Shake da Body and in 2004 as producer of Tragedie using the pseudonym 'Lord William. He later joined the French music collective Collectif Métissé, also continuing to produce his own materials.

Discography

Singles

*Did not appear in Belgian (Wallonia) Ultratop official chart but reached #20 in the "bubbling under" Ultratip chart.

*Did not appear in Belgian (Wallonia) Ultratop official chart but reached #2 and #14 respectively in the "bubbling under" Ultratip chart.

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