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Alexandria Again and Forever is a egyptien film of genre Drama directed by Youssef Chahine with Youssra
Alexandria Again and Forever (1989)
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Add to a movie listAlexandria again and forever (French: Alexandrie Encore et Toujours) is the final entry in a trilogy of films by director Youssef Chahine. This 104-minute-long film is mainly in Arabic, with English-language subtitles. It was preceded by the films Alexandra...Why? (1978) and An Egyptian Story (1982). The film was selected as the Egyptian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 63rd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
Following a violent outburst with Amr, his favorite actor, the director Yehia Eskandarany (Youssef Chahine) is forced to scrutinize his entire career under scrutiny. Nothing looks familiar any longer. His country and African cinema he loves so much, also looks strange. Little by little, while remembering his first film with Amr, Yehia traces the infiltration of the influential petro-dollar into the Egyptian cinema industry. But was it really money that caused the rift between him and Amr? Or was it the strikingly beautiful Nadia?
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À la suite d'une rupture avec Amr, son acteur fétiche, le cinéaste Yehia Eskandarany remet en cause son vécu et évoque leurs relations, les problèmes qu'a connu la profession avec l'infiltration du pétrodollar, mais aussi l'amour qu'il éprouve pour ses acteurs, cet amour dont la nature pourrait bien le transformer parfois en dictateur.Actors
Youssra
(Nadia)
Youssef Chahine
(Yehia Eskendarany / Marc Antoine / Sostratus / Hephaestion)
Hussein Fahmy
Tahia Carioca
(Tahia)
Hoda Soltane
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