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An Egyptian Story (1982)
Directed by Youssef Chahine
Overview
After we last see him in “Alexandria, Why?” Egyptian filmmaker Yehia Mourad is in his thirties, and successful in his work, he has grown distant from his wife and children and suffers a symbolic blockage of the heart while shooting the final scenes of his latest film. After being flown to England for evaluation, it’s determined that Yehia must undergo emergency surgery. Fact and fiction blend seamlessly—with healthy doses of cleverly absurdist fantasy—as the film explores the various personalities and forces that have made Yehia (and Youssef Chahine) the man he has become.
Length 120 minutes
Actors
نور الشريف | Yousra | Soheir El Bably | Magda El-Khatib | Mahmoud el-Meliguy | Tewfik El Dekn | Laila Hamada | Mohamed Mounir | محمود الجندى | Abdel Aziz Makhyoun | Sanaa Younes | Ragaa Al-Giddawy | Abdalla Mahmoud | Rajaa Hussain | محسن محيي الدين | Youssef Chahine | Seif El Dine | Nabila El Sayed | Souad Nasr | Hassan Hussein | Gerry Sundquist | Magda | Ahmed Mehrez | Alaa Awad | Noha ElAmroussi | سعيد عبدالغني | Yousry Nasrallah | Saeed Al Saleh | Ali El Sherif | ميمي شكيب | Layla Sheir | أحمد سلامة | Khairiya A-Mansour | Ahmed Abdel Hadi | Ismet Raafat | Muhammad Khalil | Ali Ezz Eldein | Hanan Adel | Ummu Kulthum