In his debut feature film, director Muhammad explores the inexorable dissolution of a family Read More »
Tag Archives: Arabic
Wanderers of the Desert (1984) Nacer Khemir
A teacher is assigned to a remote desert village that is obsessed with a mysterious Read More »
The Ring Seller (1965) Youssef Chahine
In a peaceful village, the mayor, seeing that the population is bored with tranquility Read More »
The Mother of All Lies (2023) Asmae El Moudir
A Moroccan woman’s search for truth tangles with a web of lies in her family history. Read More »
Private (2004) Saverio Costanzo, Mohammad Bakri
A Palestinian family with five children lives outside town, near Israeli settlements. Read More »
Beirut Hold’em (2022) Michel Kammoun, Fadi Abi Samra, Rana Alamuddin, Saleh Bakri
A small-time gambler in his 40s, struggling to rebuild his life after a few years in prison. Read More »
A Man in Our House / Fi baitina rajul (1961) Henry Barakat, Rushdy Abaza, Mokhtar Al Sayed, Aziza Badr
Rebel Ibrahim Hamdy succeed in the assassination of Prime Minister collaborators with colonialism Read More »
In the Last Days of the City / Akher Ayyam el-Madinah (2016) Tamer El Said, Khalid Abdalla, Laila Samy, Hanan Youssef
A documentary filmmaker in Cairo is having difficulty finishing his film Read More »
Sofia (2018) Meryem Benm’Barek-Aloïsi, Maha Alemi, Lubna Azabal, Sarah Perles
Sofia, 20, lives with her parents in Casablanca. Following a denial of pregnancy Read More »
The Choice / Al-ikhtiyar (1971) Youssef Chahine, Suad Husni, Ezzat El Alaili, Seif Abdelrahman
Mysterious murder occurs in Cairo, the body was founded two months later. Read More »