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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 11, 2024, Posted in Uncategorized

Watch Out for Zuzu (1972)

— 132 min - Music - 6 November 1972

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When a college professor falls for one of his students, his fiancée decides to expose the student's shameful secret to all.

Director:  Hassan el-Imam

Writers:  Salah Jahin, Hassan el-Imam

Stars:  Soad Hosny, Hussein Fahmy, Tahiya Cariocca, Samir Ghanem, Nabila El Sayed, Zouzou Chakib, Shafiq Galal, Abbas Fares, Mohey Ismail, Waheid Seif, Shahinaz Taha, Ali Jawhar, Mohamed Metwally, Mustafa Metwalli, Mazhar Abol Naga, Nadia Zaghloul, Azza Sherif, Nagwa Sultan, Fayza Abdel Gawwad, Mohamed Abu Hasheesh

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May 11, 2024, Posted in Uncategorized

The Shame (1982)

— 123 min - Drama, Thriller - 11 October 1982

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A family inherits their father's drug business which leads to their undoing.

Director:  Ali Abdel-Khalek

Writers:  Mahmoud Abu Zaid

Stars:  Nour El-Sherif, Mahmoud Abdel Aziz, Hussein Fahmy, Noura, Amina Rizk, Elham Shahein, Abdelbadie El Araby, Salah Nazmi, Mohamed Abu Hasheesh, Tariq Al Dussoki, Motawie Eweiss, Mohey ElDein Abdel Mohsen

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A family inherits their father's drug business which leads to their undoing.

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May 6, 2024, Posted in Uncategorized | No comments

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

Stars:  Soad Hosny, Nour El-Sherif, Kamal Al-Shenawy, Farid Shawqi, Shwikar, Salah Zulfikar, Emad Hamdy, Mohamed Sobhi, Tahiya Cariocca, Ali Al Sharif, Fayez Halawa, Waheid Seif, Farouq Youssef, Naima ElSoghier, Younes Shalaby, Mohammed Tawfik, Hassan Hosny, M...

April 30, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized

Four on an Official Mission (1987)

— 86 min - Comedy - 28 May 1987

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Anwar Abdel Mawla is an employee working in a government agency, his life changes when he takes an official mission to hand over a heritage to the house of Money in Cairo made up of a monkey, a donkey, and a goat and many ironic comedies happen.

Director:  Ali Abdel-Khalek

Writers:  Ali Salem, Ali Abdel-Khalek, Abdel Gawad Youssef, Mohamed Dawara

Stars:  Ahmed Zaki, Noura, Najah Al-Muji, Eid Shaheen, Abdullah Musharraf, Muhammad Al-Saqa, Raafat Fahim, Fouad Khalil, Kamal Al-Zaini, Shawqi Shamekh, Muhammad Al-Addani (Adam), Kamal Ammar, Abdul Ghani Nasser, Salah Khalifa, Muhammad Abdullah, Hassan...

March 25, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized

Four on an Official Mission (1987)

— 86 min - Comedy - 28 May 1987

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Anwar Abdel Mawla is an employee working in a government agency, his life changes when he takes an official mission to hand over a heritage to the house of Money in Cairo made up of a monkey, a donkey, and a goat and many ironic comedies happen.

Director:  Ali Abdel-Khalek

Writers:  Ali Salem, Ali Abdel-Khalek, Abdel Gawad Youssef, Mohamed Dawara

Stars:  Ahmed Zaki, Nagah El-Mogui, Noura, Eetedal Shaheen, Mohamed ElSaqqa, Raafat Fahim, Fouad Khalil, Shawqi Shamekh, Mohamed ElAdendani, Hassaan ElYamany, Abdel Ghani Naser, Mohamed Abu Hasheesh, Abd Allah Mishrif, Kamal ElZeiny

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March 6, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized | No comments

Fish, Milk, Tamarind (1988)

— 100 min - Fantasy, Comedy - 21 November 1988

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When Ahmed's father travels abroad for work, he gets harassed for refusing to give a part of his income to those who helped him travel. The father dies, and when his body arrives in Egypt, the Interpol suspects Ahmed and his father of being members of a terrorist organization.

Director:  Raafat El-Mihi

Writers:  Raafat El-Mihi

Stars:  Mahmoud Abdel Aziz, Maaly Zayed, Youssef Daoud, Mokhles ElBehiry, Ashraf Abdel Baky, Maher Selim, Aesha ElKilany, Mohamed Dardeery, Mohamed ElShewihy, Raoheya Gamal, Ahmed Shatta, Mohamed Desouqy, Abdel Moneim ElNemr, Magdy Fekry, Mohamed Abu Hasheesh, Huda...

February 26, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized

Alexandria… Why? (1979)

— 133 min - Drama - 6 October 1979

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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.

Director:  Youssef Chahine

Writers:  Youssef Chahine, Mohsen Zayed

Stars:  Mohsen Mohey ElDein, Mahmoud el-Meliguy, Mohsena Tawfiq, Abd Allah Mahmoud, Ahmed Zaki, Naglaa Fathy, Farid Shawqi, Laila Hamada, Zeinab Sedky, Ezzat ElAlaili, Abdel Aziz Makhyoun, Saif...