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June 5, 2024, Posted in Uncategorized

The Coward and Love (1975)

— 115 min - Drama, Social Corruption - 16 June 1975

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Magdy, the struggling student at the Faculty of Medicine, meets Souad, the wife of his professor Dr. Fikry, and she admires him and asks her husband to let him work in his clinic. They get involved in a relationship, but events take a tragic turn. * Hind Rostom won the Best Actress Award for her role in this film. ** The Coward and Love 1975 is the second experience in directing for the artist Hassan Youssef, and his first experience in directing was with the film A Boy, a Girl and the Devil 1971. ** The Coward and Love 1975 film achieved revenues of 44,728 pounds in 17 weeks of showing at Miami Cinema in Cairo.

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May 29, 2024, Posted in Uncategorized | No comments

Three Stories (1968)

— 118 min - Drama, Socio-Political Struggle - 12 February 1968

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The film combines 3 separate stories .. The first story (Dunia Allah) to Naguib Mahfouz and starring Salah Mansour and Nahed Sharif .. Tell the story of a courier in a government service approached the age of the pension did not enjoy his life at all decides to embezzlement of employees salaries and travel to Alexandria with one of the girls on the street to enjoy several weeks He was convinced that he did not harm anyone because all the employees did not need a salary except for one employee who was burdened with social burdens.

Director:  Ibrahim Al-Sahn (first story), Hassan Reda (second story) and Muhammad Nabih (...

May 11, 2024, Posted in Uncategorized

Adrift on the Nile (1971)

— 122 min - Drama, Socio-Political Struggle - 15 November 1971

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Set against the backdrop of the 1967 Six-Day War, the movie adaptation of Naguib Mahfouz's novel follows the escapist, drug-fueled riverboat meetings of a group of frustrated Egyptians from various walks of life.

Director:  Hussein Kamal

Writers:  Naguib Mahfouz, Mamdouh Al-Laithi

Stars:  Ahmed Ramzi (Rajab Al-Qadi), Suhair Ramzi (Sanaa), Mervat Amin (Laila), Imad Hamdi (Anis Zaki), Magda Al-Khatib (Samara), Adel Adham (Khaled Azouz), Salah Nazmi (Khaled), Ahmed Tawfiq, Magdy Wahba, Aida Al-Shaer (singer), Nemat Mokhtar, Ahmed Al-Jaziri, Mahmoud Al-Ahmadi, Zizi Farid, Radwa...

May 11, 2024, Posted in Uncategorized

The Fools Alley (1955)

— 88 min - Drama - 2 January 1955

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Khadiga lives in a poor neighborhood with her parents. She tries to save up money so she could marry her sweetheart Taha. Taha buys a lottery ticket in hope of winning a lot of money, but it ends up in Khadiga's religious father's hands who throws it away. The ticket gets picked up by the town's fool, who gets lucky and wins, driving the town into chaos.

Director:  Tawfiq Saleh

Writers:  Naguib Mahfouz, Tawfiq Saleh, abdelhamid goda

Stars:  Shoukry Sarhan, Berlanty Abdel Hamid, Tawfiq Al-Deqen, Abdel Ghani Qamar, nadia el sabaa, abdelaziz ahmed, Hassan el Baroudi, Saad Ardash, Elham Zaki, Ra...