Shaqow
- -A group of friends form a criminal gang to carry out outlaw activities in order to earn money, taking advantage of their network of foreign relations.
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The Hunger
- -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...
A Cultural Film
- -To watch a pornographic film in Egypt, you need four things: the videotape; a VCR; a television; and a place to watch it. Three horny Egyptian 20-somethings try to pull these elements together in a day-long 'mission-impossible' to watch what is euphemistically called "thaqafi" (cultural) -- a codeword for porn meant to keep parents, friends and colleagues out of the loop (and those in the know in).
Bobbos
- -A businessman, stuck in the credit crunch, falls in love with a businesswoman who is in turn stuck in the credit crunch.
The Beginning
- -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.
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Alexandria, Again and Forever
- -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...
The Shepherd and the Women
- -Looking for shelter and work after his release from prison,hassan visit a widow, her daughter and sister in law in remote lonesome country side, because of his friendship with the deceased husband behind bars and need for strong arms for work they accepted, but his presence Sparked love, jealousy and rivalry inside the 3 women to win his love.
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The Vagabonds
- -The film tells the story of two friends (Morsi and Salah) who live in Alexandria the life of a tramp. Morsi marries Safia, who played the role of Yousra. Morsi hits a young man with his car and is imprisoned. His friend Salah takes care of his wife and son.. An intimate relationship develops between Salah and Safia.. in a story full of love, anger and betrayal.
The Beginning
- -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.
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The Emigrant
- -The biblical tale of Joseph is told from an Egyptian perspective in this interesting character study. In this film, Joseph is called Ram. Ram, tired of his family's backward superstitious life, and tired of being picked on by his brothers, wants to go to Egypt to study agriculture. His brothers travel with him across Sinai, but then suddenly sell him to Ozir, an Egyptian who works for a Theban military leader, Amihar. Amihar is impressed by Ram's drive and personal charm and so grants Ram some desolate land outside the capital...
