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Tag Archives: Egypt
Shadow of Illusion / 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 / 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 »