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Tawk al hamama al mafkoud
A fairy-tale film in two senses of the word. The story is set in the world of 1001 Nights and the film looks like a…Published on: -
The silence
A film and theatre production group is working on a play based on interviews with women working in nightclubs. During the preparations the group members…Published on: -
Le Caïre
In Le Caire, Youssef Chahine sketches a personal view of Cairo as he shows his home town to a foreign visitor. All the registers are…Published on: -
Recording the truth
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La plage des enfants perdus
With La plage des enfants perdus Jillali Ferhati has made a small, moving and original film (in which his sister Souad plays the leading role)…Published on: -
Sekatat sherazade an el kalam el mubah
A family gathering in Tunis during Ramadan, just before the end of the fast. The relatives prepare for their first meal. They gather round the…Published on: -
Cheb
A reconnaissance in feature-film form of the people and landscape of Algeria. The protagonist, Merwan Kechida, is an Algerian youth of twenty who emigrated to…Published on: -
Bab el-hadid
The film, which is known internationally under the title Cairo Station or Gare Central, was interpreted in 1958 by press and public as an insult…Published on: -
Wajib
A road-movie in miniature through the neighbourhoods of Nazareth, where divorced teacher Abu Shadi, together with his son Shadi who is home from ItalyPublished on: -
Latifa, le coeur au combat
After her son is killed in a terrorist attack, French-Moroccan Latifa becomes an influential activist striving to prevent such attacks. In this documePublished on: