Category Social Criticism

Mouths and Rabbits

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Mouths and Rabbits (1977)

120 min - Drama, Family, Social Conflict, Social Criticism - 17 October 1977
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A story discussing the society problem during the seventies due to not having any family planning, also covering main issue of differences between poor society and rich society. This film introduces a family with 10 kids and lots of problems they get into through a funny story between an Aunt for the kids and her struggle for getting married to the man she loved because of her bother in law who got her married with someone behind her back, using false information.

Director:  Henry Barakat
Writers:  Samir Abdelazim
Stars:  Faten Hamama, Mahmoud Yassin, Farid...
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Yom mor… yom helw

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Bitter Day, Sweet Day (1988)

120 min - Drama, Social Criticism - 19 February 1988
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Aisha is a widow with five children, Sana, Suad, Lamia, Asmaa and Noor. The eldest got married to Orabi the carpenter, and are living in the family's poor house. Orabi starts acting like he's the man of the house, and the other sisters try to find their way in life.

Director:  Khairy Beshara
Writers:  Fayez Ghali (Story & Screenplay) & Ahmad Fouad Negm
Stars:  Faten Hamama, Mohamed Mounir, Hanan Youssef, Mahmoud El-Jendy, Simon, Hassan Abdel Salam, Salwa Mohamed Ahmed, Jala Fahmy, Suhair Salem, Abla Kamel, Randa (Nawal), Alaa Awad, Mohammed Mustafa, Ahmed Kamal, Mohamed Henedy, ...
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Emberatoriet meem

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Empire M (1972)

103 min - Family, Drama, Social Criticism - 6 November 1972
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Well off widow working Mother "Mona" is struggling raising 6 kids at different ages ranging from elementary school to University graduating students. The day she thinks to bring a new husband home proves to be a very difficult task.

Director:  Hussein Kamal
Writers:  Naguib Mahfouz, Kawthar Heikal, Ihsan Abdel Quddous, Mohamed Mostafa Samy
Stars:  Faten Hamama (Mona), Ahmed Mutahar, Dawlat Abyad, Ali Gohar, Saif Abul Naga (Mustafa), Hayat Qandil, Laila Hamada, Ahmed Naguib, Hisham Selim, Osama Abul Fotouh (Mamdouh), Hanim Muhammad, Fathia Shaheen, Ibrahim...
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Bayn el samaa wa el ard

Between Heaven and Earth (1959)

94 min - Comedy, Social Criticism, Thriller, Suspence - 9 November 1959
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In the blasting heat of a Friday afternoon in Cairo, a group of people – among them a movie star, a thief, a madman, a cook and a pregnant woman – find themselves trapped in an elevator for 12 hours.

Director:  Salah Abu Seif
Writers:  Salah Abu Seif, ElSayed Bedir
Stars:  Hind Rostom (Nahed Shukri), Abd al-Salam al-Nabulsi (one of the passengers in the elevator), Abd al-Moneim Ibrahim (the crazy one), Mahmoud al-Meligy (Kamil - the leader of the gang), Saeed Abu Bakr (the harasser), Naima Wasfi (Umm Samir), Qadriya Qadri (the wife The traitor), Abd al-...
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