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March 25, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized

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...

March 8, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized

The Postman (1968)

— 100 min - Drama - 1 January 1968

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Abbas, a resident of Cairo, is appointed by the government to hold the office of supervisor in a post office in a small village in Upper Egypt.

Director:  Hussein Kamal

Stars:  Shukry Sarhan, Zizi Mostafa, Salah Mansour, Soheir ElMorshedy, Hassan Mostafa, Saif Abdel Rahman, Abdel Ghani Qamar, Nahed Samir, Moshira Ismail, Ehsan Sherif, abdul aliem khatab

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Abbas, a resident of Cairo, is appointed by the government to hold the office of supervisor in a post office in a small village in Upper Egypt.

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March 6, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized

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...

March 6, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized

The Sixth Day (1986)

— 105 min - Drama - 29 September 1986

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Egypt, 1947: in the midst of a cholera outbreak. A washerwoman tries to take care of her family, while at the same time resisting the advances of a charming suitor who's half her age.

Director:  Youssef Chahine

Writers:  Youssef Chahine, Hassan El Geretly, Andrea Shedid

Stars:  Dalida, Mohsen Mohey ElDein, Shwikar, Hamdy Ahmed, Youssef Chahine, Abla Kamel, Sanaa Younes, Salah El-Saadany, Mohamed Mounir, Hamdy Ahmed, Saif Abdel Rahman, Zaki Fateen Abdel Wahab, Hassan El Adl, Hesham Abdel Hamid, Maher Essam, Mohamed Dardeery, Mohga Abdel Rahman, Maher Selim, Tamim Abdo, Osama Abdullah, Youss...

February 26, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized

The Sparrow (1972)

— 105 min - Drama - 1 January 1972

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Set shortly before and during the Six Day War in June of 1967, The Sparrow follows a young police officer stationed in a small village in Upper Egypt whose inhabitants suffer from the harassment of a corrupt businessman.

Director:  Youssef Chahine

Writers:  Youssef Chahine

Stars:  Saif Abdel Rahman, Habiba, Mariam Fakhr Eddine, Mahmoud el-Meliguy, Salah Qabil, Ali Al Sharif, Mohsena Tawfiq

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Set shortly before and during the Six Day War in June of 1967, The Sparrow follows a young police officer stationed in...

February 26, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized

Destiny (1997)

— 136 min - Drama, History - 9 May 1997

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In the 12th century's Andalusia lives Ibn Rushd a prominent islamic philosopher with his wife Zeinab and daughter Salma. The principality is ruled by Khalifa ElMansour who has two sons, ElNasser, an intellectual that likes Ibn Rush and is in love with his daughter Salma. The younger son Abdallah is more into dancing and poetry, spending most of his times with the gypsy family and getting the daughter pregnant. The Khalifa is depending on the extremists to build his army granting them more power which they use to combat artists and philosophers. The extremists succeed in recruiting Abd Allah and train him to kill his father...

February 26, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized

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.

Director:  Youssef Chahine, Khaled Youssef

Writers:  Nasser Abdulrahman

Stars:  Khaled Saleh, Menna Shalabi, Youssef ElSherif, Hala Sedki, Dorra, Hala Fakher, Amr Abdel Gelil, Ahmed Yehia, Ahmed Fouad Selim, Saffwa, Saif Abdel Rahman, Maher Selim, Maher Essam, Ahmed Samy Abd Allah, Shady Khalaf, Mahmoud Fares, Nadia ElIraqiya, Laila AlEskandarania, Fatma Koshari, Mohamed ElSwasy, Awatef Helmi, Magdy Mounir, Ismail Farghaly,...

February 26, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized

An Egyptian Story (1982)

— 129 min - Drama, Fantasy - 27 September 1982

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After we last see him in "Alexandria, Why?" Egyptian filmmaker Yehia Mourad is in his thirties, and successful in his work, he has grown distant from his wife and children and suffers a symbolic blockage of the heart while shooting the final scenes of his latest film. After being flown to England for evaluation, it's determined that Yehia must undergo emergency surgery. Fact and fiction blend seamlessly—with healthy doses of cleverly absurdist fantasy—as the film explores the various personalities and forces that have made Yehia (and Youssef Chahine) the man he has become.

Director:  Youssef Chahine

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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...

February 26, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized

Adieu Bonaparte (1985)

— 115 min - Drama, History, War - 17 May 1985

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This big-budget historical epic from acclaimed Egyptian director Youssef Chahine features a crazed turn by Patrice Chereau as Napoleon Bonaparte. The film, an Egyptian-French co-production, deals with Napoleon's occupation of Alexandria and its effect on a typical Egyptian family. Michel Piccoli leads the cast as a general in Napoleon's army who tentatively befriends a local poet.

Director:  Youssef Chahine

Writers:  Youssef Chahine, Yousry Nasrallah

Stars:  Mohsen Mohey ElDein, Ahmed Abdelaziz, Gamil Ratib, Michel Piccoli, Patrice Chéreau, Abla Kamel, Saif Abdel Rahman, Christian Patey, Moha...