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An Egyptian Story

After we last see him in "Alexandria, Why?" Egyptian filmmaker Yehia Mourad is in his thirties, and successful in his work, he has grown distant from his wife and children and suffers a symbolic blockage of the heart while shooting the final scenes of his latest film. After being flown to England for evaluation, it's determined that Yehia must undergo emergency surgery. Fact and fiction blend seamlessly—with healthy doses of cleverly absurdist fantasy—as the film explores the various personalities and forces that have made Yehia (and Youssef Chahine) the man he has become.

1982 |2h 0m |  Drama, Fantasy

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Cast

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Nour El-Sherif

Yehia Shukri Murad

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Yousra

Amal

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Soheir El-Bably

The Mother

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Magda El Khatib

The Sister

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Mahmoud El Meligy

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Tawfiq Al-Deqen

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Laila Hamada

Yehia's Sister

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Mohamed Mounir

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Mahmoud El Gendy

Co-director

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Abdelaziz Makhyoun

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Sanaa Younes

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Ragaa Al-Giddawy

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Abdullah Mahmoud

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Ragaa Hussein

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Mohsen Mohey ElDein

Young Yehia

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Seif Abdelrahman

Abdel Hadi

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Nabila El Sayed

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Souad Nasr

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Hassan Hussein

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Gerry Sundquist

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Magda Al Sabahi

Magda

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Ahmed Mehrez

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Alaa Awad

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Noha ElAmroussi

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Saeed Abdel Ghani

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Saeed Al Saleh

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Ali Al Sharif

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Mimi Chakib

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Laila Sheir

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Ahmed Salama

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Ahmed Abdelhady

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Ismet Raafat

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Muhammad Khalil

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Ali Ezz ElDein

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Hanan Adel

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Umm Kulthum

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Status

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Language

Arabic

Budget

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