Iskanderija... Lih? (Alexandria... Why?) (1979)
Release Date: Jan 1, 1978 Wide
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Youssef Chahine directed this drama about lovers struggling to find happiness in Egypt during the chaos of World War II. Yehia (Mohsen Mohiedine) is a teenage boy who is fascinated with the glamour of Hollywood movies, and he escapes into a rich fantasy world to free himself from the horror around him. But as he learns more about the horrors of the Nazi occupation of Europe, it becomes harder for him to ignore life's grim realities, especially after he falls in love with a local girl. Meanwhile,
Jan 1, 1978 Wide
Aug 15, 2000
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Nagla Fathi
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Fareed Shawki
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Ezzat El Alaily
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Gerry Sundquist
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Mohsen Mohiedine
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Chahine's Alexandria is as fervidly distinctive as Fellini's Rome
Chahine's reach exceeds his grasp, but it hardly seems a fault in the bright, bustling mural of a film.
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Foreign Titles
- Alexandria...Why? (DE)
- Alexandria, Why? (UK)
