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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

Samiha Badran's Case (1990)

— 120 min - Drama - 17 December 1990

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A journalist known for her stance against corruption and her insistence to unmask its ugly faces whenever and wherever found becomes the target of the corrupt businessman Youssef who weaves a web of lies convincing her that he loves her, only to draw her away from her investigations.

Director:  Inas El Degheidy

Writers:  Faisal Nada, Abdel Hai Adib

Stars:  Nabila Obeid, Yousuf Shaaban, Salah Qabil, Hayatem, Fouad Khalil, Mohamed Wafiq, Mahmoud Al Bezzawy, Hamdy Youssef

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April 18, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized

A Woman With a Bad Reputation (1973)

— 103 min - Romance, Drama - 21 December 1973

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A young man asks his wife to dance with his boss at a party. The woman gets into an affair with the boss and commits infidelity. Her marriage dissolves and her life worsens. Her son has an illness, so the wife is forced to accept gifts from the boss.

Director:  Henry Barakat

Writers:  Mamdouh El Leithy

Stars:  Shams El-Barudy, Mahmoud Yassine, Yousuf Shaaban, Emad Hamdy, George Sedhom, Salah Nazmi, Salama Elias, Fatheia Shahin, Nagwa Fouad, Hayat Kandel

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April 4, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized

The Bullet is Still in My Pocket (1974)

— 120 min - War, Drama, Romance - 6 October 1974

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Mohamed is a soldier who finds himself in Gaza after the defeat in the 1967 War. He returns to his native village feeling broken and depressed after witnessing the deaths of his fellow soldiers. He still loves Fatima but her father wants her to marry Abbas who exploits the farmers and eventually rapes her.

Director:  Hossam ElDein Mostafa

Writers:  Ihsan Abdel Quddous, Raafat El Mehi, Ramses Naguib

Stars:  Mahmoud Yassine, Nagwa Ibrahim, Hussein Fahmy, Mohey Ismail, Saeed Saleh, Yousuf Shaaban, Abdel Moneim Ibrahim, Salah El-Saadany, Ehsan Sherif

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March 9, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized | No comments

Alley of The Pestle (1963)

— 125 min - — - 1 January 1963

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This film is based on a novel from 1947 by the Nobel Prize winner Naguib Mahfouz. The story takes place during WWII and focuses on Al-Madak Alley, a teeming back street in Cairo which is presented as the microcosm of the world. A barber is in love with a young poor girl, who lives with her mother, and gets a job in an English Army camp to earn enough money for their marriage. But he is not the only one who wants to marry this girl and when the barber returns, she is gone.

Director:  Hassan ElImam

Stars:  Shadia, Salah Qabil, Hassan Youssef, Yousuf Shaaban, Samia Gamal, Tawfiq ElDekn

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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 22, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized | No comments

The Beloved Diva (1967)

— 164 min - Drama, Romance, Family, Comedy - 9 January 1967

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Famous star Suheir falls in love with a rising actor called Ibrahim and they intend to get married. However, her producer who gets overly jealous hires a woman to ruin Suheir and Ibrahim's relationship by claiming she is Ibrahim's wife.

Director:  Helmy Rafla

Writers:  Mustafa Amin, Helmy Rafla

Stars:  Abdel Halim Hafez, Shadia, Fouad ElMohandes, Mohamed Reda, Hassan Fayek, Zeinat Sedki, Yousuf Shaaban

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Famous star Suheir falls in love with a rising actor called Ibrahim and the...