Completed - 125 minutes
Year of production : 1978 Director(s) : Youssef CHAHINE
Winner of a Silver Bear at the Berlinale, this is one of Chahine’s most popular movies abroad: a grand autobiographical ode to pre-WW2 cosmopolitan Alexandria centering on a young actor (standing in for Chahine) who dreams of studying acting in the United States. Whimsical, multi-layered and utterly invigorating, this loving, crowd-pleasing panorama of Chahine’s birthplace meticulously reconstructs an Alexandria known by few outside Egypt
Country(ies) : EGYPT
Karlovy Vary IFF 2019 Tribute to Youssef Chahine