Movies: Seif Abdelrahman

  • 1982
    An Egyptian Story

    An Egyptian Story (1982)

    An Egyptian Story

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    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...

    An Egyptian Story
  • 1997
    Destiny

    Destiny (1997)

    Destiny

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    In the 12th century's Andalusia lives Ibn Rushd a prominent Islamic philosopher with his wife Zeinab and daughter Salma. The principality is ruled by Khalifa ElMansour who has two sons, ElNasser, an intellectual that likes Ibn Rush and is in love wit...

    Destiny
  • 1979
    Alexandria… Why?

    Alexandria… Why? (1979)

    Alexandria… Why?

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    Amid the poverty, death, and suffering caused by World War II, 18-year-old Yehia retreats into a private world of fantasy and longing. Obsessed with Hollywood, he dreams of studying filmmaking in America but struggles to pursue his dream, given the c...

    Alexandria… Why?
  • 1994
    The Emigrant

    The Emigrant (1994)

    The Emigrant

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    The biblical tale of Joseph is told from an Egyptian perspective in this interesting character study. In this film, Joseph is called Ram. Ram, tired of his family's backward superstitious life, and tired of being picked on by his brothers, wants to g...

    The Emigrant
  • 1976
    Return Of The Prodigal Son

    Return Of The Prodigal Son (1976)

    Return Of The Prodigal Son

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    Freed after spending years in prison, an activist's homecoming turns into a dark affair as his disillusion clashes with his family's expectations. Demonstrating Chahine’s eclecticism, this is an elegant melodrama, exuberant musical, layered allegory,...

    Return Of The Prodigal Son
  • 2007
    Chaos, This Is?

    Chaos, This Is? (2007)

    Chaos, This Is?

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    Hatem is a corrupt police officer, who loves his neighbor Nour, who in turn loves the prosecutor, Sherif. Hatem tries to win Nour’s attention even if by force....

    Chaos, This Is?
  • 1968
    The Postman

    The Postman (1968)

    The Postman

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    Abbas, a resident of Cairo, is appointed by the government to hold the office of supervisor in a post office in a small village in Upper Egypt....

    The Postman
  • 1989
    Alexandria Again and Forever

    Alexandria Again and Forever (1989)

    Alexandria Again and Forever

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    Set in 1987 against the backdrop of a hunger strike by the Egyptian film industry, Chahine himself steps in to play Yehia, the famed Egyptian director whose life is chronicled in "Alexandria, Why?" and "An Egyptian Story". Obsessed with Amr, the hand...

    Alexandria Again and Forever
  • 1995
    A Woman Shook the Throne of Egypt

    A Woman Shook the Throne of Egypt (1995)

    A Woman Shook the Throne of Egypt

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    King Farouk finds himself enraged to carry out the British orders to appoint Mustafa El-Nahas as head of the ministry. During his journey to Qassas, he gets injured in a collision. He learns about the doctor Yusuf Rashad and his wife Noha. He admires...

    A Woman Shook the Throne of Egypt
  • 2001
    Marriage by Presidential Decree

    Marriage by Presidential Decree (2001)

    Marriage by Presidential Decree

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    An employee in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs decides to marry a girl of a higher social status. At a moment of recklessness,he sends a wedding invitation to the President, and he responds to the invitation. Preparations are under way to receive the...

    Marriage by Presidential Decree
  • 2007
    I Am Not With Them

    I Am Not With Them (2007)

    I Am Not With Them

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    Playboy Amr (Ahmed Eid) studies at the Faculty of Medicine, he lives a careless life between the use of drugs and neglect of study, and then falls in love with fellow religious veiled Farah (Bushra), and tries to woo her by pretending to be religious...

    I Am Not With Them
  • 2009
    The Day We Met

    The Day We Met (2009)

    The Day We Met

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    Youssef, a man of middle-class roots, lives in a not-so-fancy part of town. Youssef is passionate about acting and succeeds in becoming a well-known cinema figure. On a visit to his family, he bumps into a former love and thus relives a few sweet and...

    The Day We Met
  • 2006
    Justified Betrayal

    Justified Betrayal (2006)

    Justified Betrayal

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    In this intriguing and entertaining thriller, Khalid Youssef tells the story of a young, rich man (Hani Salama) who kills his wife and his brother when he finds them in bed together. After he evades prosecution we start to wonder whether the killings...

    Justified Betrayal
  • 1998
    Date Wine

    Date Wine (1998)

    Date Wine

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    In a small Upper-Egyptian village where people live in extreme poverty, a stranger arrives and calls on people to travel to the Gulf countries for job opportunities, so all of the village's grown-up men leave, except for the disabled grandfather and ...

    Date Wine
  • 1998
    Concerto in Darb Saada

    Concerto in Darb Saada (1998)

    Concerto in Darb Saada

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    Azoz, an employee at the Opera House accompanies a violinist who has just arrived from tours abroad in her errands in the city. He eventually gets influenced by her and starts listening to classical music, and simultaneously gets bored with his life ...

    Concerto in Darb Saada
  • 1993
    Mercedes

    Mercedes (1993)

    Mercedes

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    Nubi, a wealthy man with Communist ties, sets out to find his half-brother Gamal, who has been disowned for being gay, to let him inherit his father's fortune. In the process, Nubi is supposed to kill Gamal's stepmother Raifa, a suspected drug dealer...

    Mercedes
  • 1985
    Adieu Bonaparte

    Adieu Bonaparte (1985)

    Adieu Bonaparte

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    This big-budget historical epic from acclaimed Egyptian director Youssef Chahine features a crazed turn by Patrice Chereau as Napoleon Bonaparte. The film, an Egyptian-French co-production, deals with Napoleon's occupation of Alexandria and its effec...

    Adieu Bonaparte
  • 1999
    Closed Doors

    Closed Doors (1999)

    Closed Doors

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    During the Gulf War, Fatma works as a maid for a wealthy man, and her son Mohammed is suffering from oppression by his teacher Mansour, who's having an affair with Fatima, taking advantage of her difficult circumstances. Mohammad gets drawn to extrem...

    Closed Doors
  • 1995
    Why Does the Sea Laugh

    Why Does the Sea Laugh (1995)

    Why Does the Sea Laugh

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    Hussein is in a state of extreme depression because of the boring routine of work and the pressures of life he faces as an employee, husband and brother, decides to escape from the reality of his work and his family, go out to the street without a go...

    Why Does the Sea Laugh
  • 1999
    The City

    The City (1999)

    The City

    7.41999HD

    Ali, an aspiring actor, works in a government-aided butchery and takes part in a cheap play. Defying his father's wishes, he moves to Paris to fulfill his dreams and starts living illegally alongside many other Arabs. Ali has a life-changing experien...

    The City