Tribute to Youssef Chahine 2019 / Fagr yom gedid / Egypt, USSR 1964
A Douglas Sirk-like melodrama centering on a middle-class woman in her forties who falls for a working-class college student. Both a heartfelt romance and a piercing piece of social realism, Chahine’s oft-neglected gem also ranks among the most revealing visual documents of 1960s Egypt.
A Douglas Sirk-like melodrama centering on a middle-class woman in her forties who falls for a working-class college student. Chahine’s mastery of color cinematography, vividly illustrated in Saladin, is grounded here, transformed into a new expressive form that perfectly evokes the emotional rollercoaster of the narrative. Both a heartfelt romance and a piercing piece of social realism, Chahine’s oft-neglected gem also ranks among the most revealing visual documents of 1960s Egypt.
Joseph Fahim
128 min / Color, DCP
Director Youssef Chahine
/ Screenplay Samir Nasri, Abdelrahman El Sharkawy
/ Dir. of Photography Abdel Aziz Fahmy
/ Music Angelo Lavenino
/ Editor Rashida Abdel Salam
/ Art Director Maher Abdel Nour
/ Producer Marie Queenie
/ Cast Sana Gamil, Seif Al Din, Hamdi Gheiss, Souhair Al Babli, Youssef Chahine
/ Sales Misr International Films
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