Tribute to Youssef Chahine 2019 / Eskanderija... lih? / Egypt 1978
Winner of a Silver Bear at the Berlinale, this is one of Chahine’s most popular movies abroad: a grand autobiographical ode to pre-WW2 cosmopolitan Alexandria centering on a young actor (standing in for Chahine) who dreams of studying acting in the United States. Whimsical, multi-layered and utterly invigorating, this loving, crowd-pleasing panorama of Chahine’s birthplace meticulously reconstructs an Alexandria known by few outside Egypt.
Winner of a Silver Bear at the Berlinale, this is one of Chahine’s most popular movies abroad: a grand autobiographical ode to pre-WW2 cosmopolitan Alexandria that centers on a young actor (standing in for Chahine) who dreams of studying acting in the United States. Whimsical, multi-layered and utterly invigorating, this loving, crowd-pleasing panorama of Chahine’s birthplace – featuring some of Egypt’s biggest stars of the time – meticulously reconstructs an Alexandria known by few outside Egypt.
Joseph Fahim
125 min / Color, Black & White, DCP
Director Youssef Chahine
/ Screenplay Youssef Chahine, Mohsen Zayed, Hassan Abdel Rabo
/ Dir. of Photography Mohsen Nasr
/ Music Fouad El-Zahery
/ Editor Rashida Abdel Salam
/ Art Director Nehad Bahgat
/ Producer Youssef Chahine
/ Production Misr International Films
/ Cast Mohsen Mohy El Deen, Farid Shawky, Naglaa Fathy, Ezzat El-Alaily, Mahmoud El-Meligy
/ Sales Misr International Films
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