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Until Things Get Better (2007)

125 min - Action, Crime, Drama & Thriller - 17 December 2007
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A film highlighting the issue of street children and the marginalized social class living under the pressure of economic conditions in a shanty district. Nahid escapes from her stepfather’s harassment only to become a victim of a horrible rape incident. She then becomes a dancer.

Director:  Khaled Youssef
Writers:  Naser Abdul Rahman & Khaled Youssef
Stars:  Somaya El Khashab (Nahed), Amr Saad (Adel Hashisha), Wafa Amer (Nahmadah), Hala Fakher (Umm Reda), Amr Abdel Jalil (Fathi), Ahmed Badir (Amin), Ahmed Saeed Abdel Ghani (Officer Alaa), Sawsan Badr (Fakahat)...
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For Zeko

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Poster for the movie "For Zeko"

For Zeko (2022)

92 min - Comedy, Drama - 5 January 2022
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The story follows a simple family whose young son, Zeko, wins the opportunity to participate in a contest for Egypt's smartest child. As they set out to attend the contest, many paradoxes happen to them during the two-day trip

Director:  Peter Mimi
Writers:  Mostafa Hamdy, Ahmed Mohamed Salem
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Alexandria, Again and Forever

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Poster for the movie "Alexandria, Again and Forever"

Alexandria, Again and Forever (1989)

105 min - Drama - 1 January 1989
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Set in 1987 against the backdrop of a hunger strike by the Egyptian film industry, Chahine himself steps in to play Yehia, the famed Egyptian director whose life is chronicled in "Alexandria, Why?" and "An Egyptian Story". Obsessed with Amr, the handsome actor he discovered and cast as his alter-ego in parts one and two of The Alexandria Trilogy, Yehia pressures Amr to star in various film projects that change even as Yehia's perception of the young actor begins to change...

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The Emigrant

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Poster for the movie "The Emigrant"

The Emigrant (1994)

129 min - Drama, History - 1 January 1994
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The biblical tale of Joseph is told from an Egyptian perspective in this interesting character study. In this film, Joseph is called Ram. Ram, tired of his family's backward superstitious life, and tired of being picked on by his brothers, wants to go to Egypt to study agriculture. His brothers travel with him across Sinai, but then suddenly sell him to Ozir, an Egyptian who works for a Theban military leader, Amihar. Amihar is impressed by Ram's drive and personal charm and so grants Ram some desolate land outside the capital...

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Chaos, This Is ?

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Chaos, This Is ? (2007)

120 min - Drama, Crime, Romance - 28 November 2007
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Hatem is a corrupt police officer, who loves his neighbor Nour, who in turn loves the prosecutor, Sherif and Hatem tries to win Nour’s attention even if by force.

Writers:  Nasser Abdulrahman
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Alexandria, Again and Forever

Poster for the movie "Alexandria, Again and Forever"
Poster for the movie "Alexandria, Again and Forever"

Alexandria, Again and Forever (1989)

105 min - Drama - 1 January 1989
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Set in 1987 against the backdrop of a hunger strike by the Egyptian film industry, Chahine himself steps in to play Yehia, the famed Egyptian director whose life is chronicled in "Alexandria, Why?" and "An Egyptian Story". Obsessed with Amr, the handsome actor he discovered and cast as his alter-ego in parts one and two of The Alexandria Trilogy, Yehia pressures Amr to star in various film projects that change even as Yehia's perception of the young actor begins to change...

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