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May 8, 2024, Posted in Uncategorized | No comments

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...

April 30, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized | No comments

The Beginning (1986)

— 123 min - Adventure, Comedy, Drama - 15 August 1986

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After a crash, a group of passengers are stranded in the desert. They attempt to cope with their new conditions as the most privileged of them all, an overpaid lawyer, declares himself a dictator of the nearby oasis and names it after him.

Director:  Salah Abu Seif

Writers:  Salah Abu Seif (Story & script), Lenin El Ramli (Scriptwriter) & Sayed Hejab

Stars:  Ahmed Zaki, Yousra, Safia Al-Omari, Jamil Ratib, Suad Nasr, Hamdi Ahmed, Sabri Abdel Moneim, Medhat Morsi, Najat Ali, Wissam Hamdi, Hussein Al-Hakim, Samir Waheed

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March 25, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized

Ali Spicy (2005)

— Comedy - 1 January 2005

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Ali is a medical student who loves singing and hopelessly aims to achieve his dream of becoming a famous singer. When the lead singer in the nightclub Ali works for didn't show up in one of the nights, Ali gets a long awaited chance to replace him and perform in the presence of a big song producer who gets impressed by Ali's voice and promise to turn him into a famous star. Meanwhile, Ali mets "Donia" a singer taht deals with the same song producer. When Ali falls i love with Donia, she encourages him to achieve his father's dream of becoming a doctor, while at the same time reaching up for his old dream of becoming a famous singer

Director:  Mohame...

March 6, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized

The Beginning (1986)

— 123 min - Adventure, Comedy, Drama - 15 August 1986

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After a crash, a group of passengers are stranded in the desert. They attempt to cope with their new conditions as the most privileged of them all, an overpaid lawyer, declares himself a dictator of the nearby oasis and names it after him.

Director:  Salah Abu Seif

Writers:  Salah Abu Seif, Lenin EL Ramly

Stars:  Ahmed Zaki, Yousra, Gamil Ratib, Safia ElEmary, Souad Nasr, Hamdy Ahmed, Sabry Abdelmonem, Samir Waheed

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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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