Alexandria Again and Forever
Alexandria Again and Forever or Alexandria again and again as its Egyptian name is a 1990 Egyptian film directed by Youssef Chahine.
It is the third entry in a series of four films by Chahine. This 104-minute-long film is mainly in Arabic, with English-language subtitles. It was preceded by the films Alexandria... Why? ''An Egyptian Story'' and followed by Alexandria... New York. The film was selected as the Egyptian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 63rd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
Synopsis
Following a violent outburst with Amr, his favorite actor, the director Yehia Eskandarany is forced to put his entire career under scrutiny. Nothing looks familiar any longer. His country and African cinema he loves so much, also look strange. Little by little, while remembering his first film with Amr, Yehia traces the infiltration of the influential petro-dollar into the Egyptian cinema industry. But was it really money that caused the rift between him and Amr? Or was it the strikingly beautiful Nadia? The film features, and among others in cameo appearances representing the Egyptian actors syndicate.Cast
- Hussein Fahmy
- Amr Abdel Galil
- Yousra
- Hesham Selim
- Tahia Carioca
- Ragaa Hussein
- Abla Kamel
- Youssef Chahine
- Mohamed Henedy
- Nahla Salama
- Zaki Fatin Abdel Wahab
- Tawfik El Kurdi
- Menha El Batrawy
- Hassan El Adl