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CAIRO AS SEEN BY CHAHINE- PP
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The director of such masterpieces as Alexandria...Why? and Destiny transforms a study of the city of Cairo into a unique self-portrait. This concise work, made for television, is a brilliant artistic digression that an y Chahine admirer must see. In Arabic with English subtitles. Youssef Chahine---Egypt---1991---24 mins.
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EMIGRANT (CHAHINE)
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The biblical story of Joseph receives a controversial adaptation at the hands of director Youssef Chahine in a film that was banned twice by the Egyptian government for its depiction of the prophet. Told from an Egyptian perspective and filmed among the ruins of antiquity, the film follows Ram (Chahine changed the characters' names to avoid persecution) as he travels to Egypt to study, only to end up a slave caught in the political and sexual games between a military leader and his wife, a priestess in the Cult of Amun. "...a fascinating retelling of the Genesis tale" (Derek Elley, Variety). In Arabic and French with English subtitles. Youssef Chahine---Egypt/France---1994---128 mins.
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LE DESTIN/ DESTINY
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A bold, radiant and intelligent film from Egypt's master director, Youssef Chahine. After the disciple of a great 12th century philosopher is burned at the stake for heresy, his young son decides that he will study under his father's mentor. Soon he is caught up in a battle between the philosopher's students and religious fundamentalists who object to their enlightenment. "...a rollicking intellectual adventure...a colorful, dynamic celebration of the joy of knowledge" (Sean Axmaker, Seattle Weekly). In Arabic with English subtitles. Youssef Chahine---Egypt/France---1997---135 mins.
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OTHER, THE (CHAHINE)
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In Youssef Chahine's "sweeping melodrama" (J. Hoberman), the son of a rich businessman falls for a journalist investigating the corrupt and wealthy elite.
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RINGS FOR SALE (BIYA EL-KHAWATIM)
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Fairuz, the popular Lebanese songstress, stars in this poetic film based on one of her musical collaborations with the Rabhani brothers. Rings for Sale (aka Auliban, the Seller of Jokes) is set in a normal Lebanese village. To keep the population on its toes, the mayor (Nasri Shamseddine) invents a story about a dastardly thief named "Rajeh." When two actual villains catch wind of this, they commit robberies and allow the villagers to blame the fictitious Rajeh. Making matters worse, an innocent ring seller named Rajeh (Joseph Azar) comes to town to arrange a marriage between his son and the mayor's daughter (Fairuz). It's a hard sell. Directed by Egyptian auteur Youssef Chahine while in exile. In Arabic with English subtitles.
Youssef Chahine---Lebanon---1965---95 mins.
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SALADIN (EL NASER SALAH EL DINE)
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Youssef Chahine inherited this epic when the original director fell ill, and he proceeded to make the movie fully his own. Made to commemorate the reclamation of the Suez Canal, the film is set in the 12th century as Saladin (Ahmed Mazhar), the Sultan of Egypt and Syria, unites Arabs across north Africa and western Asia against the crusading Christians. Some consider this the Egyptian cinema's greatest historical epic. In Arabic with English subtitles.
Youssef Chahine---Egypt---1963---145 mins.
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