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Directed by Youssef Chahine

Alexandria . . . Why?

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Alexandria: Again and Forever

Directed by Youssef Chahine • 1989 • Egypt
Starring Youssra, Hussein Fahmy, Youssef Chahine

The third installment in a series of four films Youssef Chahine made exploring his own life and times, ALEXANDRIA: AGAIN AND FOREVER stars the director himself as Yehia, a filmmaker whose planned HAMLET ...

An Egyptian Story

Directed by Youssef Chahine • 1982 • Egypt
Starring Nour el-Sherif, Youssra, Soheir el-Bably

A continuation of the self-exploration Youssef Chahine began with ALEXANDRIA . . . WHY?, this second autobiographical film unfolds as a surreal profusion of memories, fantasies, flashbacks, and hallucin...

Dark Waters

Directed by Youssef Chahine • 1956 • Egypt
Starring Omar Sharif, Faten Hamama, Ahmed Ramzy

A hard-hitting commentary on class struggle and machismo set amid the dockyards of Alexandria in the immediate aftermath of Egypt’s 1952 revolution, this feverish social-realist melodrama stars the great ...