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May 10, 2024, Posted in Uncategorized | No comments

The Hunger (1986)

— 112 min - Drama, Socio-political struggle - 2 January 1986

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In a new tale of the epic of Harafish, an unjust bully controls the alley, whose brother was imprisoned unjustly after he fed the poor without his permission. While in prison, his wife is preparing for a revolution by the poor to demolish this corrupt regime and end the tyranny in the alley. ** Writer Mustafa Muharram, in an interview with the London-based newspaper Al-Quds Al-Arabi, said: Naguib Mahfouz’s name was removed from the movie “Hunger” because of his support for the “Camp David” Accords...

May 10, 2024, Posted in Uncategorized | No comments

The Third Class (1988)

— 110 min - Comedy, Drama - 24 July 1988

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A group of football team supporters go through a lot of trouble to watch the games while the management headed by Captain Aouf are reaping benefits effortlessly. To calm their rage Sorour is appointed as their representative in the council only to unravel their scam further, so they continue their revolt.

Director:  Sherif Arafa

Writers:  Maher Awwad, Issam Abdalla

Stars:  Souad Hosni (Manna), Ahmed Zaki (Sorour), Jamil Rateb (Awf - member of the cabin), Abdel Salam Muhammad (Saad), Ahmed Rateb (Al-Qahwaji Network), Abdel-Azim Abdel Haq (father of Sorour), Hamdi Youssef (senior member right), Nae...

May 9, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized

The Last Respectful Man (1984)

— 102 min - Drama - 1 October 1984

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Teacher Fergany is assigned to supervise a school trip to the zoo in Cairo, during the trip a child disappears. He tries to search for her everywhere, to prevent renewed conflict between families in Upper Egypt.

Director:  Samir Seif

Writers:  Wahid Hamid

Stars:  Nour El-Sherif, Bussy, Ahmed Rateb, Ali Al Sharif, Sanaa Younes, Zein El Ashmawy, Mohammed Al Tagy, Rashwan Said, Ahmed Abo Abeya, Hosny Abdel Galil, Fayza Abduljawad, Helmi Abdulwahab

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Teacher Fergany is assigned to super...

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

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

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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