This compelling tale of love and betrayal, set in the upper Egyptian countryside Read More »
Tag Archives: Egypt
Cairo 30 AKA Al-Kahira thalatin (1966) Salah Abouseif, Suad Husni, Ahmad Mazhar, Hamdy Ahmed
Mahgoub Abdel Dayem a young nihilistic college student, having his father crippled Read More »
Coming Forth by Day AKA Al-khoroug lel-nahar (2012) Hala Lotfy, Donia Maher, Salma Al-Naggar, Ahmad Lutfi
Those who have fully enjoyed their bodies cannot be submissive. Read More »
Rendezvous with a Stranger AKA Maweed maa maghoul (1959) Atef Salem, Samia Gamal, Samia Glowalla, Hussein Kamal
The gang of murdering a factory personnel manager to facilitate the task of financial aid 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 »
Shadow of Illusion AKA Ombre roventi (1970) Mario Caiano, William Berger, Daniela Giordano, Krista Nell
A model is invited to Cairo by a mysterious cosmetics firm. Read More »
Chaos AKA Heya fawda (2007) Youssef Chahine, Khaled Youssef, Khaled Saleh, Menna Shalabi, Youssef El Sherif
Choubra, cosmopolitan neighborhood of Cairo. Hatem, maggoty police officer Read More »
The Street Player AKA El harrif (1983) Mohamed Khan, Adel Emam, Fardous Abdel Hamid, Nagah El-Mogui
The life of a football player named Fares who goes through a lot of problems due to his lack Read More »
Kit Kat (1991) Daoud Abdel Sayed, Mahmoud Abdel Aziz, Sherif Mounir, Aida Riyad
Sheikh Hosny is a blind man who lives with his old mother and his frustrated son in the Kit Kat neighborhood. Read More »
Hassan and Nayima AKA Hasan wa Naimah (1959) Henry Barakat, Muharram Fuad, Suad Husni, Mohammed Tawfik
Hajj Mitwalli is keen to acquire money and land. His daughter Naimah falls in love with Hasan Read More »
Sleepless AKA La anam (1957) Salah Abouseif, Faten Hamamah, Maryam Fakhruddin, Omar Sharif
‘I Never Sleep’ (also called ‘Sleepless’) is the story of Nadia Lotfi (Faten Hamama), a teenage girl Read More »
The Night of Counting the Years AKA Al-mummia (1969) Chadi Abdel Salam, Ahmed Marei, Ahmad Hegazi, Nadia Lutfi
Universally recognized as one of the greatest Egyptian films ever made Read More »
The Bad Guys AKA El Achrar (1970) Houssam El-Din Mustafa, Rushdy Abaza, Adel Adham, Amira
An adventure of money, love and betrayal in the deserts of Egypt at the site of El Alamein battle of WWII. Read More »
Days and Night AKA Ayyam wa layali (1955) Henry Barakat, Abdel Halim Hafez, Eman, Mahmoud El-Meliguy
Egyptian singer Abdel Halim Hafez stars in director Henri Barakat’s romantic musical drama about an athletic young man Read More »
Sword of Islam (1961) Enrico Bomba, Andrew Marton, Lobna Abdel Aziz, Ahmed Mazhar, Farid Shawqi
Set in the 14th century, under their leader Timur, the Tartar hordes invade the Middle East and take over areas as widespread as Persia, Egypt, and Syria. Read More »