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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., 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., 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 KouiretRating68%
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., 2h36
Directed by Luchino ViscontiOrigin ItalieGenres Drama,
War,
HistoricalThemes Films about families,
Films about sexuality,
Films about suicide,
Rape in fiction,
LGBT-related films,
Films about pedophilia,
Transgender in film,
Political films,
LGBT-related films,
LGBT-related film,
Cross-dressing in filmActors Dirk Bogarde,
Ingrid Thulin,
Helmut Griem,
Helmut Berger,
Renaud Verley,
Umberto OrsiniRating73%
The film centers on the Essenbecks, a wealthy industrialist family who have begun doing business with the Nazi Party. On the night of the Reichstag fire, the family's conservative patriarch, Baron Joachim von Essenbeck, who represents the old aristocratic Germany and detests Hitler, is murdered. Herbert Thalmann, the family firm's vice president, who openly opposes the Nazis, is framed for the crime. He escapes the grasp of the Gestapo, but his wife Elizabeth and their children do not., 1h36
Origin USAGenres Drama,
War,
RomanceThemes Seafaring films,
Films about sexuality,
Transport films,
LGBT-related films,
Aviation films,
LGBT-related films,
United States Armed Forces in films,
LGBT-related filmActors Trent Ford,
Rob Mayes,
Tammy Blanchard,
William Lee Scott,
Cotter Smith,
Michael CumpstyRating61%
US Navy pilots Lts. Daniel Lynch (Trent Ford) and Will Stephensen (Morgan Spector) are best friends hoping to both become the youngest pilots to be accepted into the space program. After two accidents, one of which is due to Will's failing eyesight, their unit is subject to an NCIS investigation led by John Cokely (Michael Sirow). At the same time, a third pilot, Matt Blackwood (Rob Mayes) arrives on the carrier and quickly develops a close friendship with Dan, driving a wedge in between Dan and Will. Cokely's investigation leads to him uncovering rumours about Dan and Matt's relationship just as they both begin to fall in love. When Matt decides to leave his wife and move in with Dan there is a third accident and Cokely's investigation ramps up the pressure on Dan.