A 14-year-old girl in 1948 Palestine watches from a locked pantry as catastrophe consumes her home. Read More
Omar lives on the money of his wealthy jeweler father. The father ask him to deliver a jewelry bag to a customer in Tanta. His car breaks down and he gets robbed by a truck driver and his helper. Omar rescues him at a rural Gas station and accompanies him on his journey.
In this Andre Gide adaptation, an activist is released after many years in prison and returns home, shaking up established relationships among his family members at the farm governed by his strict father. Demonstrating Chahine’s eclecticism, this is an elegant melodrama, exuberant musical, layered allegory, and profound portrait of personal and political disillusionment.
Amid the poverty, death, and suffering caused by World War II, 18-year-old Yehia, retreats into a private world of fantasy and longing. Obsessed with Hollywood, he dreams of one-day studying filmmaking in America, but after falling in love and discovering the lies of European occupation, Yehia profoundly reevaluates his identity and allegiances.
