Alexandria Again and Forever

Overview

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 handsome actor he discovered and cast as his alter-ego in parts one and two of The Alexandria Trilogy, Yehia pressures Amr to star in various film projects that change even as Yehia's perception of the young actor begins to change. He first casts Amr as Hamlet, which the actor deems too demanding for his talents, then as the lead in a musical biopic of demigod Alexander the Great, who founded the city of Alexandria in 332 B.C.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

December 4, 1989

Original language

Arabic

Spoken languages

Arabic

Countries

Egypt, France

Production

La Sept Cinéma,MISR International Films,Paris Classics Productions

Cast

Youssef Chahine,Yousra,Hussein Fahmy,Amr Abdel Gelil,Hesham Selim,Tahiya Cariocca,Huda Sultan,Seif Abdelrahman,Abla Kamel,Zaki Fatin Abdel Wahaband 35 more

Director

Youssef Chahine

Writer

Youssef Chahine,Yousry Nasrallah

Producer

Humbert Balsan,Marianne Khoury

Cinematography

Ramses Marzouk

Music

Mohammad Nouh

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

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