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Empire M (1972)

103 min - Family, Drama, Social Criticism - 6 November 1972
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Well off widow working Mother "Mona" is struggling raising 6 kids at different ages ranging from elementary school to University graduating students. The day she thinks to bring a new husband home proves to be a very difficult task.

Director:  Hussein Kamal
Writers:  Naguib Mahfouz, Kawthar Heikal, Ihsan Abdel Quddous, Mohamed Mostafa Samy
Stars:  Faten Hamama (Mona), Ahmed Mutahar, Dawlat Abyad, Ali Gohar, Saif Abul Naga (Mustafa), Hayat Qandil, Laila Hamada, Ahmed Naguib, Hisham Selim, Osama Abul Fotouh (Mamdouh), Hanim Muhammad, Fathia Shaheen, Ibrahim...
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The Puppeteer

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The Puppeteer (1989)

115 min - Drama - 18 December 1989
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Muhammad Jad al-Karim Aragouz in the village, he had a son and he was Bahloul, he was able to teach him until he graduated, but the son was rebellious against his father’s profession. His great ambition put him in the way of a businessman who was from the people of his town. A large tourism project in agricultural land, for which Al-Aragouz stands.

Director:  Hany Lasheen
Writers:  Hany Lasheen, Essam Al Shammaa

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Land of Dreams

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Land of Dreams (1993)

110 min - Drama - 27 September 1993
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Narges prepares for immigration to America to join her kids, but she loses her passport before the flight, and sets out to search for it in the places she has been to or at her friends'. She meets a peculiar wizard, and experiences a series of events that will change her mind about her trip.

Director:  Daoud Abdel Sayed
Writers:  Hani Fawzi
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Alexandria, Again and Forever

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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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Empire M

Poster for the movie "Empire M"
Poster for the movie "Empire M"

Empire M (1972)

103 min - Family, Drama - 6 November 1972
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Well off widow working Mother "Mona" is struggling raising 6 kids at different ages ranging from elementary school to University graduating students. The day she thinks to bring a new husband home proves to be a very difficult task.

Director:  Hussein Kamal
Writers:  Naguib Mahfouz, Kawthar Heikal, Ihsan Abdel Quddous, Mohamed Mostafa Samy

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The Return of the Prodigal Son

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The Return of the Prodigal Son (1976)

124 min - Drama, Music - 24 September 1976
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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.

Director:  Youssef Chahine
Writers:  Youssef Chahine
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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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