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Tag Archives: Egypt
11’09”01 – September 11 (2002) Youssef Chahine, Amos Gitai, Maryam Karimi, Mohamad Dolati, Agelem Habibi
Eleven directors from 11 countries each contribute an 11-minute short reflecting on the events of 11 September 2001. Read More »
We Are the Bus People AKA Ehna Betoa El Otobees (1979) Hussein Kamal, Adel Emam, Abdel Moneim Madbouly, Saeed Abdulghani
Adel Imam and neighbour Abdel Moneim Madbouly are taken to a Police station Read More »
The Revolt of the Mamalukes AKA El mamalik (1965) Atef Salem, Nabila Ebeid, Mohamed El Sebai, Aminah Rizq
After suffering Egyptians from the oppression of the Mamluks and despotism clump Read More »
The Conqueror of Atlantis AKA Il conquistatore di Atlantide (1965) Alfonso Brescia, Kirk Morris, Luciana Gilli, Piero Lulli
Hercules searches for a mysterious “phantom invader” that is raiding villages in the desert for gold. Read More »
Life or Death AKA Hayat ou maut (1954) Kamal El-Shaikh, Yusuf Wahbi, Madihah Yusri, Imad Hamdi
A man with cardiac problems, had heart attack and sent his daughter Read More »
Alexandrie… New York (2004) Youssef Chahine, Mahmoud Hemida, Ahmed Yehia, Youssra
Yehia, an Egyptian director from Alexandria goes to New York Read More »
Fangs AKA Anyab (1981) Mohammed Shebl, Ahmed Adawiyya, Ali El Haggar, Hasan El-Emam
“Anyab” makes the most of the “horror-as-social-commentary” ideology Read More »
I Am Free AKA Ana hurra (1958) Salah Abouseif, Lobna Abdel Aziz, Shukri Sarhan, Zouzou Nabil
Aminia is a young woman living with her aunt’s family which includes Read More »
The Bus Driver AKA Sawwaq el-Utubis (1982) Atef El-Tayeb, Sharif Abdulhamid, Aaliyah Abdulmoneim, Nimat Abdulnaser
Hassan is a bus driver and the only male sibling of five sisters Read More »