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Iskanderija... lih? (1978)
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27 February 1980 (France)
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Sloppy, but often quite good
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Ahmed Zaki | ... | Ibrahim (as Ahmed Zaky) |
| Naglaa Fathy | ... | Sarah (as Naglaa Fathi) |
| Farid Shawqi | ... | Mohsen's Father (as Farid Chawky) |
| Mahmoud El-Meliguy | ... | Qadry (as Mahmoud El Meligui) |
| Ezzat El Alaili | ... | Shaker (as Ezzat El Alayli) |
| Youssef Wahby | ||
| Yehia Chahine | ||
| Leila Fawzi | ||
| Mohsena Tewfik | (as Mohsena Tawfik) | |
| Akela Kateb | ||
| Zeinab Sedky | ||
| Seif El Dine | (as Seif El Din) | |
| Ahmad Abdel Waress | ||
| Abdel Aziz Makhyoun | ||
| Gerry Sundquist | ... | Thomas 'Tommy' Friskin |
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This was the first of Youssef Chahine's autobiographical films.
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Features An American in Paris (1951)
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A dense, difficult, and, unfortunately, sloppy film from Egypt. It deals with a group of characters in Alexandria during (and shortly after) WWII, and is kind of a portrait of an artist type of story. The main character is a teenager, Yehia, an aspiring actor and filmmaker who knows that Alexandria will stifle his creativity if he doesn't get out. He strives to go to England or America. Then there are half a dozen other plotlines running concurrently. All of them are interesting, including a terrorist plot to kidnap Churchill and turn him over to the Nazis when they arrive in the city, a wealthy family that decides to move to Palestine and finds that the land is being occupied by the Jews, and a man who abducts British soldiers and kills them as an act of patriotism, that is until he befriends a particularly innocent-looking one. The movie jumps around breathlessly, and it's almost impossible to follow it completely. Still, there are so many moments of grace and beauty, so many good performances, that I did end up approving of it, if just a little. 7/10.