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Directed by Youssef ChahineGenres Drama,
FantasyThemes Films about sexuality,
LGBT-related films,
LGBT-related films,
LGBT-related filmActors Nour El-Sherif,
Mohamed Mounir محمد منير,
Youssra,
Soheir El Bably,
Youssef Chahine,
Mahmoud el-MeliguyRating72%
During his open heart surgery, an Egyptian filmmaker named Yehia has flashbacks and remembers his life. "Yehia" is the same character from the 1979 film Alexandria... Why?, 2h4
Directed by Youssef Chahine,
Khaled YoussefOrigin EgypteGenres Drama,
Comedy-drama,
Crime,
RomanceThemes Films about sexuality,
Rape in fictionActors Menna Shalabi,
Khaled Saleh,
Dorra ZarroukRating71%
Choubra is a cosmopolitan neighborhood of Cairo. Hatem, a shady police officer, handles it with an iron hand. Every single citizen fears and hates him. Only Nour, a young woman he lusts after, dares stand up to him. But Nour is secretly in love with Cherif, a brilliant and uncorrupted deputy prosecutor. Green with envy, Hatem tries to come between them. He wants Nour for himself and he makes her life a nightmare., 2h5
Directed by Youssef ChahineOrigin EgypteGenres Drama,
RomanceActors Faten Hamama,
Yehia Chahine,
Mahmoud el-Meliguy,
Ferdoos MohammedRating67%
Hemaidah (shokry sarhan) is a farmer who hates country life. He hates working in fields and taking care of the animals in his farm. Though unsatisfied with her, he marries Zebeidah (Faten Hamama), a woman in the same village. He is determined to leave the village, move and live in the city. He plans for his travel and asks his brother to look after his farm and family. In Cairo, Hemaidah falls in the hands of a gang, headed by a ruthless gangster. Not wishing to risk his life, he is forced to work with the gang and help them in their crimes. He is introduced to theft and harlotry, and one day the police arrest the gang. Hemaidah spends his time in prison and returns to his village after his release, regretting that he had left it., 1h45
Directed by Youssef ChahineOrigin EgypteGenres Drama,
Comedy-dramaActors Mahmoud el-Meliguy,
Salah Mansour,
Mariem Fakhr El Dine,
Sid Ali KouiretRating67%
June, 1967, on the eve of the Six-Day War. The Sparrow follows a young police officer stationed in a small village in Upper Egypt whose inhabitants suffer the harassment of a corrupt businessman. The police officer crosses paths with a journalist who is investigating what appears to be a scandal involving the theft of weapons and war machinery by high officials. Youssef Chahine offers us a portrait of the “sparrows”, the simple people of his country whom others use to get rich., 2h
Directed by Youssef ChahineOrigin EgypteGenres Drama,
MusicalActors Mahmoud el-Meliguy,
Hoda Soltane,
Sid Ali KouiretRating70%
Ali est attendu dans le village de Mitchaboura par les siens, les Madbouly, propriétaires d’une petite entreprise, et par les ouvriers pour qui il représente l’espoir. Pour Ibrahim, le fils de Tolba, le retour d’Ali, son oncle, doit lui permettre d’aller étudier à l’étranger ; ce à quoi s’oppose son père., 2h10
Directed by Youssef ChahineGenres DramaActors Yehia Chahine,
Mahmoud el-MeliguyRating79%
Dans les années 1930, une monarchie sous tutelle de la Grande-Bretagne gouverne l’Égypte. Loin du Caire, les paysans d’un village vivent péniblement. Un jour, pour favoriser les propriétaires terriens, les autorités décident de restreindre les permis d’irrigation. Accablés, les paysans tentent de se révolter., 1h37
Directed by Volker SchlöndorffOrigin GermanGenres Drama,
War,
RomanceThemes French war films,
Films about sexuality,
LGBT-related films,
Political films,
LGBT-related films,
LGBT-related filmActors Matthias Habich,
Margarethe von Trotta,
Marc Eyraud,
Mathieu Carrière,
Henry van LyckRating68%
In 1919 Latvia, a detachment of German Freikorps soldiers is stationed in a chateau in the town of Kratovice to fight Bolshevik guerrillas. The chateau is the home of the soldier Konrad de Reval and his sister Sophie de Reval. Sophie is attracted to another soldier, a close friend of Konrad's named Erich von Lhomond. However, the reticent Erich rebuffs her advances. In retaliation, Sophie has trysts with other members of the military troop. Erich is noticeably angered by her behavior. Eventually, Sophie learns that Erich and Konrad are lovers. After this discovery, she joins the leftist guerrillas, whom she had been in contact with previously. Erich's soldiers capture her and her comrades. Sophie asks that Erich execute her himself, and he obliges. In a striking single tracking shot, we see Erich casually shoot Sophie in the head before joining in a photo with the other soldiers. As all board a train, the camera pans back to the corpses of the executed., 1h39
Directed by Stefan RuzowitzkyGenres Drama,
War,
Comedy,
Action,
Adventure,
HistoricalThemes Spy films,
Films about sexuality,
LGBT-related films,
Transgender in film,
Political films,
LGBT-related films,
LGBT-related film,
Cross-dressing in filmActors Matt LeBlanc,
Eddie Izzard,
James Cosmo,
Karl Markovics,
Nicolette Krebitz,
Edward FoxRating48%
During World War II the British army is attempting to retrieve an Enigma machine from Germany. Having failed in previous attempts they decide to send four men undercover to the factory that makes the devices, deep in Berlin. Unfortunately the factory is populated entirely by women, and they only have men to send. American O'Rourke (LeBlanc), British transvestite Tony Parker (Izzard), genius Johnno (David Birkin) and the reluctant Archie (James Cosmo) are sent to infiltrate the factory dressed as women., 1h52
Directed by Agnieszka HollandOrigin GermanGenres Drama,
War,
HistoricalThemes Politique,
Films about religion,
Films about sexuality,
LGBT-related films,
Political films,
Films about Jews and Judaism,
LGBT-related films,
LGBT-related filmActors Marco Hofschneider,
Julie Delpy,
André Wilms,
Artur Barciś,
Michèle Gleizer,
Nathalie SchmidtRating74%
Solek (a nickname for Solomon, also called "Solly") and his family live in Nazi Germany. On the eve of Solek's bar mitzvah, Kristallnacht occurs. He escapes, naked, then hiding in a barrel. At night, he calls his acquaintance to bring him clothes from his house. She refuses, but throws him a leather jacket with a swastika band on its arm. He comes back home. His family is together at home, but his sister is killed by Nazis. The father, who was born in Łódź, Poland, decides to go back there.