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Film · 10 connectionsSet in the suburbs of Cairo in the late 1930s, the story follows a middle-class Egyptian family grappling with the hardships of life after the death of their father, their sole breadwinner. The mother and her four children—three brothers and their sister, Nefisah—struggle to avoid slipping into poverty. They all go in different directions which aren't exactly good.
Directed bySalah Abu Seif
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1952 · 124 min · Drama · Music
Hassan, frustrated by poverty, becomes involved with a wealthy woman and eventually abandons his family for her.
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1968 · 105 min · Drama
Set in one of Cairo's densely-populated neighborhoods, Sayyida Zeinab, the film showcases beautiful scenes from city life.
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1964 · 135 min · Drama
The life paths of the family of Mr. Ahmed Abdel Gawad during the period of the British occupation, and before the outbreak of the 1919 revolution, starting with the family's patriarch who lives a double life, his son Fahmy who joins a secret political organization, and the older son Yassin who follows his father's footsteps in pursuing women.
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1965 · 105 min · Drama
A young architect struggles to convince a superstitious community, in thrall to antiquity traffickers, to build houses instead of living in precarious mountain caves.
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1968 · 130 min · Drama
The story of friendship on the eve of the free officers' revolution: Youssef, an unprincipled journalist, whose star rises thanks to his connections, and Shawki, an idealist man committed to social justice
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1961 · 115 min · Drama · Romance
After a tragic accident on set, movie star, Sherif, now has to live with the consequence of that day. He falls into a state of grief and loneliness, but with the help of his cousin, Amal, the details of that fateful day starts to reveal itself.
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1961 · 95 min · Adventure · Drama
Two brothers, the first is a swindler who asks his brother, who looks like him, to replace him in his business after he is chased by his opponents, the two brothers, one of them is an evil man working in diamond smuggling, while the second is a respectable human being despite his extreme poverty, the evil brother succeeds in entering his brother to the mental hospital, but he decides to get him out of it in order to deceive some gangsters
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1962 · 98 min · Drama · Romance
(Nabil) is a young engineer who lives happily with his daughter (Mona) and his wife (Wafaa). He is a partner with his friend (Safwat) in the same office. Nabil sees a young man throwing himself with the intention of committing suicide. Nabil saves him from committing suicide, but Nabil drowns while saving him. This young man regrets his actions and tries to fix his mistake by getting close to Nabil's widow.
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1962 · 165 min · Drama · Music
Hussein and Ahmad are brothers. Hussein falls in love with a colleague, but his father mysteriously decides that Ahmad should marry her instead.
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1955 · 90 min · Drama
Khadiga lives in a poor neighborhood with her parents. She tries to save up money so she could marry her sweetheart Taha. Taha buys a lottery ticket in hope of winning a lot of money, but it ends up in Khadiga's religious father's hands who throws it away. The ticket gets picked up by the town's fool, who gets lucky and wins, driving the town into chaos.
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