Henry Barakat
Henry BARAKAT (1914-1997, Egypt) was a well-known Egyptian filmmaker with a career spanning 50 years. He directed some of the most famous films in the history of Egyptian cinema and was awarded at several international film festivals, including Berlin, Cannes, Jakarta and Valencia. He is best known for El-Bab el maftuh (1963), Hassan wa Nayima (1959) and Leilet al quabd al Fatma (1984).
Filmography
(selection) Doaa al-Karawan/The Nightingale’s Prayer (1959), Hassan wa Nayima/Hassan and Nayima (1959), Fi baitina rajul/There Is a Man in Our House (1961), El-Bab el maftuh/The Open Door (1963), Al Haram/The Sin (1965), Safar Barlek (1966), Thalath Nesa/Three Women (1968), Sahira/Witch (1971), Afwah wa araneb/Mouths and Rabbits (1977), Loubat El Ashrar/Wicked game (1991)
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Henry Barakat op IFFR
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The Open Door
Henry Barakat | 103' | Egypt | None
An adaptation of Latifa al-Zayyat’s iconic coming-of-age novel about a woman’s political and sexual awakening. -