Mory, a cowherd who rides a motorcycle mounted with a cow’s skull, and Anta, a university student, have met in Dakar, Senegal’s capital. Read More »
Tag Archives: Arabic
El Akhar / The Other (1999) Youssef Chahine, Hanan Turk, Hani Salama, Nabila Ebeid, Drama, Romance
Egyptian director Youssef Chahine exposes the links between power and fanaticism and denounces intolerance in this bitter portrait of the Egyptian business world Read More »
Hadduta misrija / An Egyptian Story (1982) Youssef Chahine, Oussama Nadir, Mohsen Mohieddin, Nour El-Sherif, Drama
In the middle of his own heart surgery, an Egyptian filmmaker remembers his life. In fact his old self, as a child, is accused of attempted murder of his new self. Read More »
Iskanderija, kaman oue kaman / Alexandria Again and Forever (1989) Youssra, Youssef Chahine, Hussein Fahmy, Drama
The film’s remarkable range of tone and style gives us evidence of an artist in full command of his craft. Read More »
Wedad (1936) Ahmed Badrakhan, Fritz Kramp, Ahmed Allam, Mahmoud El-Meliguy, Abdel Fatah Hassan, Drama
Baher is a merchant in love with his serf Wedad who goes bankrupt because his merchandises are stolen. Read More »
Montréal la blanche / Montreal, White City (2016) Bachir Bensaddek, Rabah Aït Ouyahia, Karina Aktouf, Reda Guerinik, Drama
In Montreal, one evening when Christmas has fallen during Ramadan, the Muslim fast, the paths of two Algerians cross momentarily, resurrecting a past they thought was long buried. Read More »
Hors la vie / Out of Life (1991) Maroun Bagdadi, Hippolyte Girardot, Rafik Ali Ahmad, Hussein Sbeity, Drama
Patrick Perrault, a photo-journalist covering the war in Beirut in the late 1980s, is himself caught up in the hostilities when one day he is picked up and bundled into a car at gun-point. Read More »
Les petites guerres / Little Wars (1982) Maroun Bagdadi, Soraya Khoury, Nabil Ismaïl, Roger Hawa, Drama, War
Lebanon, 1975. How Tahal, an affluent young man becomes a warlord ; how Soraya, the girl he leaves behind, tries to help him in abducting a businessman Read More »
Beyrouth ya Beyrouth / Beirut, Oh Beirut (1975) Maroun Bagdadi, Ezzat El Alaili, Mireille Maalouf, Joseph Bou Nassar, Drama
In the aftermath of the 1967 defeat, four young Lebanese try to figure out their places in a society whose rules seem to have changed. Read More »
Out in the Dark (2012) Michael Mayer, Nicholas Jacob, Michael Aloni, Jamil Khoury, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Nimer and Roy are two gay men on opposing sides of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict who fall for each other. Much as they’d like to be left alone, both political conflict and orthodox beliefs will not leave their budding relationship untouched, with most of the egregious circumstances befalling Nimer, whom security forces pressure into helping them by stripping his access to education and threatening to leave him without family. Through his eye-witnessed death of a friend, Nimer knows he can’t oblige. Can love find a way through this no-win situation?
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