Heya fawda (2007)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Directors:

Youssef Chahine
Khaled Youssef

Writer:

Nasser Abdel-Rahmane (writer)

Release Date:

28 November 2007 (Egypt)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Romance

Plot:

Choubra, cosmopolitan neighborhood of Cairo. Hatem, maggoty police officer, handles this neighborhood with an iron hand...

Plot Keywords:

Corruption | Politics | Rape | Police Corruption

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Youssef El Sherif	...	Cherif
Hala Fakher
Khaled Saleh	...	Hatem
Hala Sedki
Menna Shalabi	...	Nour

Also Known As:

Chaos (Canada: English title)
Chaos, This Is (USA)
Fawda, Heya (Egypt: Arabic title) (working title)
Le chaos (France)

Runtime:

Egypt:124 min

Country:

France | Egypt

Language:

Arabic

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

Germany:12 | Australia:MA (2008) | Australia:MA

Filming Locations:

Cairo, Egypt

Company:

3B Productions

Politics is not the name of the game!

All the reviews talk about this film from only a political point of view. Well i think this is not accurate. All these talking about the corrupted policeman "Hatem" who is a sign for the dictatorial political system and the combat between policemen and judgment and this girl "Noor" who is a model for the raped Egypt, well i think all these are not the point, or they are not the main point. I see the film from more human point of view. This man "Hatem" is a pathetic loser who lives a miserable lonely life, despite all the power he owns he has an extreme feeling of deprivation. He is a victim. "Noor" is a sign of what he needs to own. A beautiful young girl living in front of him, he knows her since she was a child and he never stops dreaming of her. What is the result? She is hating him! "Hatem" is not bad person. His inner emotions could be turned to something positive if he found love in return. The film talks mainly, in my opinion, about the chaos in feelings. Remember the relationship between "Sheriff" and his mother, and between "Sheriff" and "Selvia". They resemble an extreme undefined chaos. May be the message of the creators of the film is this: Chaos in feelings leads to chaos in the world. Finally i am not able to consider the film to be one of Chahine's films. Any one who likes Chahine will understand this point. This film has no Chahine's essence.It's well made and well directed but simply it's not Chahine's. you may feel a glimpse of Chaine's in the romantic love story between Sheriff and Noor, the relationship between Noor and her mother which will remind you of Lebleba and Hanan Tork in "The Other", you will also remember the old Chahine in the sexual mania of "Hatem" which also will remind you of the most famous "Qenaui" in "Bab el Hadeed". But as a total, you will not satisfy with the film if you put in mind that you are watching a Youssef Chahine's film.