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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...

February 26, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized

Saladin the Victorious (1963)

— 186 min - Drama, War, History - 25 February 1963

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The first Sultan of Egypt and Syria leads the Muslim military campaign against the invading Christians from Europe during the Third Crusade.

Director:  Youssef Chahine

Stars:  Ahmed Mazhar, Nadia Lotfi, Salah Zulfiqar, Laila Fawzy, Hamdy Ghaith, Laila Taher, Omar El-Hariri, Hussein Reyaad, Mahmoud el-Meliguy, Zaki Toleimat, Tawfiq ElDekn, Mohamed Hamdy, Mohamed Sultan, Mohamed Abdel Gawad, Sami Lotfy, Ibrahim Emara, Salah Nazmi, Ahmed Loxer

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The first Sultan of Egypt and Syria leads the Muslim milita...

February 26, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized

Jamila, the Algerian (1958)

— 123 min - Drama, History, War - 9 December 1958

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Jamila, an Algerian girl who loves her homeland, joins the nationalist movement to liberate her country from French occupation. Based on the life of Djamila Bouhired, who was arrested and tortured by the French Algerian government, Chahine's first explicitly political film managed to galvanize wide solidarity with the Algerian resistance from across the Arab World, starting in Egypt.

Director:  Youssef Chahine

Writers:  Youssef El Sebai

Stars:  Magda ElSabahi, Ahmed Mazhar, Salah Zulfiqar, Rushdy Abaza, Zahret ElOla, Kariman, Farida Fahmy, Mahmoud el-Meliguy, Fakher Fakher, Salah Nazm...

February 26, 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...