Egyptian Films Nominated for Cannes's Palme d'Or
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- DirectorMuhammad KarimStarsDawlat AbiadFaten HamamahRaqyah IbrahimDunia's affair with Mohamed leads to tragic consequences for them and their child.
- DirectorSalah AbouseifStarsKoukaSeraj MunirZaki ToleimatThe knight and poet Antar fights for his love, Abla.
- DirectorYoussef ChahineStarsFaten HamamahYehia ChahineShukri SarhanA young man from outskirt rebels against his life and abandons his woman to go to Cairo.
- DirectorSalah AbouseifStarsAnwar WagdiMahmoud Al MelejiSamia GamalAbdel Sabour [Mahmoud El-Meliguy] was a thief and a smuggler known as The Beast to the people in one of the villages of upper Egypt; everyone was afraid of him, including the police. He enjoyed the protection of Redwan Pasha, [Abbas Fares] who in turn used him during elections to eliminate his rivals. Officer Raouf Saleh was sent to the village with his wife and son with the assignment of arresting The Beast. However The Beast and his gang worked together from the beginning trying to dispose of the officer and his family in any way possible.
- DirectorYoussef ChahineStarsFaten HamamahOmar SharifZaki RostomA rich landlord floods and destroys a village on purpose to prevent the people living there from making a profit off their crops. What he doesn't know is that his own daughter is in love with Ahmed, a young man from the village.
- DirectorKamal El-ShaikhStarsYoussef WahbiMadihah YusriImad HamdiA man with cardiac problems, had heart attack and sent his daughter to get the medicine from the drug store, however the pharmacist discovers that he sent the wrong medication, he cooperates with the police to stop a disaster.
- DirectorSalah AbouseifAhmad El-SabawiAmin Yousseff GhurabStarsTahiyyah KaryukaShukri SarhanShadiaA young man from the country arrives in Cairo to finish his education. His landlady, a widow and successful businesswoman in the quarter of the Citadel, seduces him. Although she teaches him much about life she also makes him forget his obligations to his family, his studies, even his religion. When he tries to put her aside she attempts to force him to give up everything in which he believes.
- DirectorKamal El-ShaikhStarsFaten HamamahAhmad MazharMahmoud MoursyFaten Hamama plays a wife who wakes up one morning to discover she is married to her brother-in-law in this suspenseful drama. The confused woman soon learns that fifteen years have gone by and that she was injured in a bomb blast that killed her sister. A local doctor tries to prevent the woman's husband from killing her for the inheritance.
- DirectorYoussef ChahineStarsMahmoud Al MelejiNagwa IbrahimEzzat El AlailiA small peasant village's struggles against the careless inroads of the large local landowner. The Land shows why political oppression does not necessarily lead to a sense of solidarity among the disinherited.
- DirectorYoussef ChahineStarsMichel PiccoliSalah ZulfikarMohsen MohieddinA story during the French Occupation of Egypt (1797-1803), depicting the conflict between tradition and modernization in the context of fighting the French invaders.
- DirectorYoussef ChahineStarsNour El-SherifLayla OlwiMahmoud HemidaThe story is set in the 12th century in Arab-ruled Spanish province Andalusia, where famed philosopher Averroes is appointed grand judge by the caliph and his liberal court judgments are not liked by everyone. The caliph's political rivals, centered around the leader of a fanatical Islamic sect, force the caliph to send Averroes into exile, but his ideas keep on living thanks to his students.
- DirectorYousry NasrallahStarsMenna ShalabiBasem SamrahNahed El SebaïMahmoud was part of the armed groups coerced by the Egyptian Government which carried out attacks on protestors in Tahir Square the 2nd of February 2011. Since then, Mahmoud has lost his job, been subjected to humiliating treatment, and been ostracized by his own community that live close to the Pyramids. He and his family are close to despair when he meets Reem, a secular young Egyptian divorcee and modern-thinker who works in advertising. Reem is a fervent ecologist who lives in a wealthy neighbourhood of Cairo. This will be the encounter of two people but also of two different worlds.