Blog Archives

Alexandria, Again and Forever

Poster for the movie "Alexandria, Again and Forever"
Poster for the movie "Alexandria, Again and Forever"

Alexandria, Again and Forever (1989)

105 min - Drama - 1 January 1989
Your rating:
Not rated yet!

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...

Read More

Alexandria, Again and Forever

Poster for the movie "Alexandria, Again and Forever"
Poster for the movie "Alexandria, Again and Forever"

Alexandria, Again and Forever (1989)

105 min - Drama - 1 January 1989
Your rating:

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...

Read More