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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 15, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized | No comments

The Water Carrier Died (1977)

— 103 min - Drama - 20 November 1977

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The story of the friendship that develops between two men with quite different world views. One, a water carrier whose wife has died twenty years before, spends his days thinking about her. The other, who works in the funeral business, spends his life in the pursuit of pleasure because he recognizes that death will bring an end to all enjoyment. They meet and become friends. Through this friendship the water carrier is encouraged to change his morbid way of thinking and to enjoy life.

Director:  Salah Abu Seif

Writers:  Mohsen Zayed, Youssef El Sebai, Naguib Eskandar

Stars:  Ezzat Al Alaily, Far...

March 7, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized

Visitor at Dawn (1973)

— 125 min - Drama, Socio-political struggle, Crime, Thriller, Mystery - 1 January 1973

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Rescue police receives a report on the killing of a leftist journalist in her apartment. The prosecutor moves to the scene of the incident and tries to reach the murderer.

Director:  Mamduh Shukry

Writers:  Mamduh Shukry, Rafiq Saban

Stars:  Ezzat ElAlaili, Magda ElKhatib, Shukry Sarhan, Taheya Cariocca, Yousuf Shaaban, Madiha Kamel, Saeed Saleh

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Rescue police receives a report on the killing of a leftist journalist in her apartment...

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...