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Black Tiger (1984)

120 min - Action, Romance - 13 June 1984
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An Egyptian goes to Germany to work in a factory and become a boxing legend called black tiger.

Director:  Atef Salem
Writers:  Bashir El Deek
Stars:  Ahmed Zaki (Mohamed Hassan El Masry), Ahmed Mazhar (Costa), Wafaa Salem (Helga), Youssef Fawzy (Burger - factory worker in Germany), Ihsan Sharif (Mohamed Hassan's mother), Ibrahim Qadri (Hassan El Masry), Nabila Hassan (Zainab), Mohamed El Sayrafi (Helga's father), Hussein El Sharif (Medhat), Fatma Wagdy (the owner of the quilt), Mahmoud Alwan (Alwan), Motawaa Awis (Ramadan - the koshary seller) and Atef Salem (factory manager in Germany).
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The Bathhouse of Malatily

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The Bathhouse of Malatily (1973)

106 min - Drama, Social Conflict - 2 July 1973
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The film is an adaptation of the novel Samar Habib by Ismåeel Walieddin. author of Female Homosexuality in the Middle East: Histories and Representations. The main character, Ahmad, leaves rural eastern Egypt for the city hoping to become economically self-sufficient, gets an apartment for his parents, and obtains a law degree. He and his family are refugees from a town occupied by the Israeli army, Ismaåilia. Ali, the owner of the Malatily Bathhouse, offers to let him stay there for free. Ahmad encounters several characters there, including Naåeema, a prostitute who he becomes obsessed with, and Raouf, a homosexual man...

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Karnak Café

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Al-Karnak (1975)

140 min - Drama, Political corruption - 29 December 1975
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In the 1960s, the lives of three college classmates, Ismail, Zainab, and Helmy, take a dark turn when the three of them are arrested and tortured as part of the repressive and violent practices that were employed by the General Intelligence Directorate back then.

Director:  Ali Badrakhan
Writers:  Naguib Mahfouz, Mamdouh Al Laithy
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Gone with No Return

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Gone with No Return (1984)

94 min - Drama, Comedy - 8 April 1984
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Attia (Yehia al-Fakharani) works as a simple employee, after his mother-in-law threatens to break his engagement from her daughter because of his delay in getting an apartment. He travels to his hometown to sell his inheritance. There he falls in love with Kharyia (Leila Alawi) daughter of Kamal Bey (Farid Shawki) who bought his land.

Director:  Mohamed Khan
Writers:  Assem Tawfik

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A Taste of Fear

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A Taste of Fear (1969)

120 min - Drama - 3 November 1969
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Based on Tharwat Abaza's short story, 'Shey min al Khawf' takes place in a rural Egyptian village. Atris' reign of terror on the villagers is put to the test when a public act of defiance is carried out by Fu'ada, the object of his affection.

Director:  Hussein Kamal
Writers:  Sabry Ezzat

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السقا مات

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The Water Carrier Died (1977)

103 min - Drama - 20 November 1977
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The story of the friendship that develops between two men with quite different world views. One, a water carrier whose wife has died twenty years before, spends his days thinking about her. The other, who works in the funeral business, spends his life in the pursuit of pleasure because he recognizes that death will bring an end to all enjoyment. They meet and become friends. Through this friendship the water carrier is encouraged to change his morbid way of thinking and to enjoy life.

Director:  Salah Abu Seif
Writers:  Mohsen Zayed, Youssef El Sebai, Naguib Eskandar
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The Street Player

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The Street Player (1983)

109 min - Drama - 7 July 1983
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The life of a football player named Fares who goes through a lot of problems due to his lack of self-discipline with his divorced wife, job, sexual desires and football.

Director:  Mohamed Khan
Writers:  Bashir El Deek

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