Set in 1987 against the backdrop of a hunger strike by the Egyptian film industry, Chahine himself steps in to play Yehia, the famed Egyptian director whose life is chronicled in "Alexandria, Why?" and "An Egyptian Story". Obsessed with Amr, the handsome actor he discovered and cast as his...
Azmi is an editor-in-chief of a newspaper. His dealings with people are serious and away from compliments. Norhan, the famous artist, tries to get close to him by giving precious gifts to him and his wife, so that he publishes news about her, but he refuses,which makes her nitpick on him.
The police follow the activity of a robbery and pickpocketing gang led by the professor, and his daughter shares with him emotions at work, and Lieutenant-Colonel Salah, who is in charge of arresting this gang, who suffers from the power of his wealthy wife, who gets rid of her through divorce, is...
Laila, the daughter of the rich man Fouad, meets Mamdouh, the ladies man, and falls in love with him. Mamdouh proposes to her but her father refuses, so Laila decides to take revenge by sending letters to her family members to drive a wedge between them.
The events of the film take place in a comedic sarcastic framework when a young man thinks that he will die within a few weeks, and decides to get rid of his life quickly, and agrees with a thief who came to steal his house to kill him inattention in exchange for an amount of money, then the doctor...
In 1968, the university doctor (Hussein) and his wife (Mona) are arrested. The wife dies in prison due to severe torture. Dr. Hussein is subjected to ill-treatment inside the prison, and after a while he is released and released from prison, but he refuses to return to his previous work or any...
Mustafa worked in the guard team of President Sadat at the time of his assassination, he becomes depressed and an alcoholic. His wife leaves him with their daughter and marries a businessman engaged in suspicious operations leading to the abduction of the daughter. So she turns to Mustafa to save...
Samar, a singer, and Mariam, a lawyer, are childhood friends. One day as she was driving, Samar hits a man and calls Mariam to come to the police station where she is being questioned by Hossam. The three of them are involved in a love triangle as both women try to win Hossam over.
A happily married couple with their daughter are being pursued by the ghost of the husband's sister, as she killed the family's dog and cat and continues to kill several family members in retaliation for a situation that happened to her before her death.
In order to carry out a practical study on prisons, Dr. Khaled, in agreement with the government and the university administration, enters prison as a real prisoner. Inside the prison, he gets acquainted with different models of criminals, and events develop, so that he is threatened with turning...
A Citizen Under Investigation is the great Egyptian director Henry Barakat's last film, and a damning indictment of Egypt's ruling military dictatorship.
Ahmed Zaki plays a peasant, Mountasir, who gets involved in a criminal racket run by his friend Midhat. Mountasir is betrayed by Midhat and goes to jail. Upon discovering that his wife was forced into prostitution by Midhat, he swears to extract revenge when he leaves jail.
A capable customs officer is being recruited by a gang to facilitate their smuggling operation. But as he seemingly works for them, he secretly plots with the police to foil their plans.
The story revolves around the conflict between the Al-Fayoumi and Al-Mursi families, after the murder of one of Al-Mursi's sons by one of Adham Al-Fayoumi's sons. Adham succeeds in escaping punishment for his son by forging the testimony of one witness and killing two others, while Amina, the...
Sayed El Hawa decides to repent for stealing the safes, but officer Hammam does not leave him alone, persecuting him until he is about to take revenge, but he decides to travel abroad and return with a new identity.
Nadia is a beautiful and arrogant girl, and her arrogance pushes her to reject everyone who proposes to her, including her cousin Sayed and her cousin Wael, and after a period of time Nadia faces a shocking fact, which is that all of those whom she refused to marry have married other women better...
Ahmed is a boxing instructor at the university. He gets into a fight in defense of his father and goes to prison, where he becomes friends with Abbas. Abbas comes out of prison and finds Ahmed's beloved Souad, who escaped from her father's house, he keeps her safe till Ahmed gets out of prison.
