Watched it last monday:
So it's a an American movie by Moroccan director Nabil Ayouch, featuring Egyptian and Lebanese renown actors. So the original language is English as Lola, the title character, is an American not so successful ballet dancer who was always fascinated by the Orient. So stuff happen, and long story short, she winds up in Egypt asking one of the greatest belly dancers there (Ismahan) to teach her how to belly dance. Ismahan on the other hand, has renounced dancing because of something, we don't know about, that happened in her past.
So this movie's message in a nutshell, showing the sweet and sour lives of the Arabs (specifically Egyptians in this movie) as they love life but they still live in a very conservative society making life somehow forbidden.
Anyway, I didn't like the movie. It was kind of cute, and it did show a genuine image of Egypt. However, all in all, the movie seems too artificial. The problem comes with all the different nationalities from the crew to the actors. It was like they wanted to put as much nationalities as possible, without any reason. Plus, in some places, it does seem like they are making a publicity or a propaganda movie to make us love Arabs and all middle Eastern countries. Like they have for goal to convince as many people as possible that Arabs are not terrorist. OK! we got it! ...But after the first 15-20 minutes, the awkwardness fades away and you just enjoy the movie.
Tho it has an interesting soundtrack, with an interesting cover of Sarah Vaughn's "Whatever Lola Wants", with an Oriental feel, by Natacha Atlas. So here's the video to it, [very ugly video-editing, I don't know if a fan made it or if it's the official one] anyway ...