Blog Archives

March 25, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized

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...

March 6, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized

The Emigrant (1994)

— 129 min - Drama, History - 1 January 1994

---

Your rating:

Not rated yet!

---

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...

March 6, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized

The Sixth Day (1986)

— 105 min - Drama - 29 September 1986

---

Your rating:

Not rated yet!

---

Egypt, 1947: in the midst of a cholera outbreak. A washerwoman tries to take care of her family, while at the same time resisting the advances of a charming suitor who's half her age.

Director:  Youssef Chahine

Writers:  Youssef Chahine, Hassan El Geretly, Andrea Shedid

Stars:  Dalida, Mohsen Mohey ElDein, Shwikar, Hamdy Ahmed, Youssef Chahine, Abla Kamel, Sanaa Younes, Salah El-Saadany, Mohamed Mounir, Hamdy Ahmed, Saif Abdel Rahman, Zaki Fateen Abdel Wahab, Hassan El Adl, Hesham Abdel Hamid, Maher Essam, Mohamed Dardeery, Mohga Abdel Rahman, Maher Selim, Tamim Abdo, Osama Abdullah, Youss...

February 26, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized

Saladin the Victorious (1963)

— 186 min - Drama, War, History - 25 February 1963

---

Your rating:

---

The first Sultan of Egypt and Syria leads the Muslim military campaign against the invading Christians from Europe during the Third Crusade.

Director:  Youssef Chahine

Stars:  Ahmed Mazhar, Nadia Lotfi, Salah Zulfiqar, Laila Fawzy, Hamdy Ghaith, Laila Taher, Omar El-Hariri, Hussein Reyaad, Mahmoud el-Meliguy, Zaki Toleimat, Tawfiq ElDekn, Mohamed Hamdy, Mohamed Sultan, Mohamed Abdel Gawad, Sami Lotfy, Ibrahim Emara, Salah Nazmi, Ahmed Loxer

Photos

No images were imported for this movie.

Storyline

The first Sultan of Egypt and Syria leads the Muslim milita...

February 26, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized

The Emigrant (1994)

— 129 min - Drama - 1 January 1994

---

Your rating:

---

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...

February 26, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized

The Sparrow (1972)

— 105 min - Drama - 1 January 1972

---

Your rating:

---

Set shortly before and during the Six Day War in June of 1967, The Sparrow follows a young police officer stationed in a small village in Upper Egypt whose inhabitants suffer from the harassment of a corrupt businessman.

Director:  Youssef Chahine

Writers:  Youssef Chahine

Stars:  Saif Abdel Rahman, Habiba, Mariam Fakhr Eddine, Mahmoud el-Meliguy, Salah Qabil, Ali Al Sharif, Mohsena Tawfiq

Photos

No images were imported for this movie.

Storyline

Set shortly before and during the Six Day War in June of 1967, The Sparrow follows a young police officer stationed in...

February 26, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized

Destiny (1997)

— 136 min - Drama, History - 9 May 1997

---

Your rating:

---

In the 12th century's Andalusia lives Ibn Rushd a prominent islamic philosopher with his wife Zeinab and daughter Salma. The principality is ruled by Khalifa ElMansour who has two sons, ElNasser, an intellectual that likes Ibn Rush and is in love with his daughter Salma. The younger son Abdallah is more into dancing and poetry, spending most of his times with the gypsy family and getting the daughter pregnant. The Khalifa is depending on the extremists to build his army granting them more power which they use to combat artists and philosophers. The extremists succeed in recruiting Abd Allah and train him to kill his father...

February 26, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized

The Land (1969)

— 129 min - Drama - 27 January 1969

---

Your rating:

---

Set in 1933, the mayor informs the peasants that the share of irrigation of their land will be split equally between them and feudal lord Mahmoud Bey. The peasants send Muhammad Effendi to submit a petition to the government. Then Mahmoud Bey proposes a project that would require taking part of the peasants' lands.

Director:  Youssef Chahine

Writers:  Hassan Fuad

Stars:  Mahmoud el-Meliguy, Nagwa Ibrahim, Ezzat ElAlaili, Yahia Shaheen, Hamdy Ahmed, Tawfiq ElDekn, Salah El-Saadany, Ali Al Sharif, Abdel Warith Assir, Abdel Rahman ElKhamesy, Ashraf ElSelehdar, Hussein Ismail, Fatma Imara‏, Abdel Mohsen Selim, M...

February 26, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized

The Ring Seller (1965)

— 91 min - Drama, Music - 2 January 1965

---

Your rating:

---

In a peaceful village, the mayor, seeing that the population is bored with tranquility, invents the mystical figure of Rajeh, and tells stories to villagers about the exploits of Rajeh, who kills and maims and steals. One day the mayor (Nasri Shamseddine) tells the villagers that Rajeh is heading to the village itself and they better be careful. Two smart men notice that the mayor was lying and that it is all his imagination. So they go on making good on the fictitious person and steal money and assault the mayor in the dark saying that they were Rajeh. Eventually, an old man with the name of Rajeh arrives in the village, amid public fears...

February 26, 2023, Posted in Uncategorized

Chaos, This Is ? (2007)

— 120 min - Drama, Crime, Romance - 28 November 2007

---

Your rating:

---

Hatem is a corrupt police officer, who loves his neighbor Nour, who in turn loves the prosecutor, Sherif and Hatem tries to win Nour’s attention even if by force.

Director:  Youssef Chahine, Khaled Youssef

Writers:  Nasser Abdulrahman

Stars:  Khaled Saleh, Menna Shalabi, Youssef ElSherif, Hala Sedki, Dorra, Hala Fakher, Amr Abdel Gelil, Ahmed Yehia, Ahmed Fouad Selim, Saffwa, Saif Abdel Rahman, Maher Selim, Maher Essam, Ahmed Samy Abd Allah, Shady Khalaf, Mahmoud Fares, Nadia ElIraqiya, Laila AlEskandarania, Fatma Koshari, Mohamed ElSwasy, Awatef Helmi, Magdy Mounir, Ismail Farghaly,...