This is a 26.5" x 38.25" Egyptian poster for the 2007 Mohamed Khan
film In the Heliopolis Flat based on story, screenplay and
dialogue by Wessam Soliman and starring Ghada Adel as Nagwa Nour.
Plot Summary: Nagwa was a student from Minia attending a school on the
coast who became friends with Abla Tahani, a music teacher who was
fired from her job. Nagwa continued to write to Abla Tahani about
music and new songs, but a long time passed and Abla Tahani did not
answer Nagwa's letters. When Nagwa was in Cairo on a trip with her
colleagues she had a great desire to see Abla Tahani to see how she
was doing, but when she went to Abla's Heliopolis address she found
someone else named Yehia [Khaled Abol Nega] living there. Yehia did
not know anything about Abla Tahani. Abla went to see Yehia more than
once, then took the train back to the coast. These visits led Yehia to
his own investigation about Tahani.
Cast and crew: Mohamed Khan, Wessam Soliman, Ghada Adel, Youssef
Daoud, Khaled Abol Naga, Marwa Hussein, Nancy Abdel-Fattah, Wessam
Soliman, Aida Riad, Ahmed Rateb, Asma Youssef, Naser Mohamed Ali,
Mohammad Neshat
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Hassan Mazhar
Gasour and Morteda Anise for the 1980 Ali Abdel-Khalek
film Torments of Love based on story, screenplay and dialogue
by Mostafa Moharram and starring Madiha Kamel as Madiha. Plot
summary: Ismail [Salah Nazmi] discovered a relationship between his
wife and his friend Salem. He notified the police so they could prove
the relationship between them. The police arrived and arrested Salem,
but the wife killed herself with an overdose of pills. The years
passed and Ismail's son Ahmed [Imad Abdel Halim] met Salem's daughter
Madiha [Madiha Kamel] at a university where they were both students.
Ahmed told his father about his relationship with Madiha and how he
sincerely loved her and wanted his father's approval to marry her.
Ahmed's father discovered that Madiha was his friend Salem's daughter
so he opposed the marriage. Ahmed had to run away with Madiha to
marry her. He was obliged to work in a nightclub, but his father
Ismail still tried to end the relationship. He notified Madiha's
fiance Rifaat [Ahmad Khamees] (Madiha's father had agreed to their
engagement). He gave Rifaat the address of the nightclub where Ahmed
was working; Rifaat tried to kill Ahmed just after the wedding, but
Madiha stepped into the line of fire and was killed herself.
Cast and crew: Madiha Kamel, Said Shimi, Ahmad Khamees, Imad Abdel
Halim, Farouk Al-Fichawy, Salah Nazmi, Mohamed Khalil, Ali
Abdel-Khalek, Aida Riad, Amal Ibrahim, Marwah El Khatib, Wasila
Hussein, Mokhtar Al Sayed, Ahmed Farid, Sami Nawar, Mostafa
Moharram
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Mohammad Abdel Aziz
and Morteda Anise for the 1979 Tayseer Aboud film Father of the
Girls AKA abu al-banat based on story, screenplay and
dialogue by Tayseer Aboud and Bachir El Dik and starring Farid Shawqi
as Sayed Ahmed al-Nesa'. Plot summary: Sayed was working a low-level
government job and living with his four daughters Samira [Aida Riad],
Mona [Madiha Kamel], Safa [Rawa El-Kateb] and Laila [May Abdel
Nabi]. Mona was interested in a wealthy young man named Medhat
[Mahmoud Kabil] at about the time her father was being pushed out of
his government job despite years of faithful service. A man named
Hussein [Mohammad Hamdi] working at the government's district office
was arrested for smuggling. Sayed killed him, was arrested and
sentenced to three years in prison. Mona and Medhat married and had a
monotonous life together. She moved in with one of her friends, who
led her into deviant behavior. Sayed got out of prison after serving
his time, very upset about what had happened to Mona. When she saw
him, Mona jumped out of a window and killed herself.
Cast and crew: Bachir El Dik, Saeed Shimi, Said Shimi, Mahmoud
Kabil, Farid Shawqi, Madiha Kamel, Tayseer Aboud, Aida Riad, Rawa
El-Kateb, May Abdel Nabi, Emad Rashad, Mohammad Shawqi, Mohammad
Hamdi, Mahmoud Abo Zaid, Samiha Mohammad, Madiha Kamel, Gamal Ismail
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian one-sheet poster designed by Ahmed Fouad for the 1982 Ahmed
Sarwat film Five in Hell based on story, screenplay and
dialogue by Sami Ghoneim, cinematography by Said Chimi and starring
Sa'eed Saleh as Fahmy. Plot summary: Fahmy makes an agreement
with his friends Nasr [Younes Shalaby] and Kamal [Ahmed Adawiyya] to
steal a company's treasury to pay for the medical expenses of Fahmy's
son. After stealing the money they hide it before they are arrested.
Cast and crew: Ahmed Tharwat, Sa'eed Saleh, Sami Ghoneim, Younes
Shalaby, Ahmed Adawiyya, Wahid Seif, Aly El Cherif, Essad Youniss,
Aida Riad, Ahmed Abdel Waress, Zizi Mustafa, Said Chimi, Othman Abdul
Menem, Mohamed Abo Hashish, Salah Yehia, Nasr Hammad
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster by an unknown designer for the
1991 Mohamed Khan film The Knight of the City AKA fares
al-medina based on a story by Mohamed Khan with screenplay and
dialogue by Fayez Ghaly and starring Mahmoud Hemida as Fares. Plot
Summary: The film is set in Cairo in the year 1988. The filming was
done in 32 days beginning 26 May 1990. It tells a complex story about
the life of Fares Hassan al-Helali, a prosperous and somewhat
conniving mid-level businessman dealing in currency, automobiles and
real estate. His wealth comes from currency trading and the running
of a number of large commercial projects. The main line of this
multi-threaded plot is a conflict between Fares and another slightly
more prosperous businessman and drug merchant Ahmed Al-Wezzan [Abdel
Aziz Makhyoun]. As the film begins Fares worries how he will raise the
five million pounds he needs to pay a debt to Ahmed. He ends up
selling everything to manage it, but in the end it is Fares who
triumphs in a series of tense and sometimes violent encounters.
In the beginning Fares quarrels with his ex wife Dalal [Soad Nasr]
about their son [Abdel Aziz al-Qarantili]. He had separated from
Dalal to live with her son Bakr [Farid Naguib Sorur], a university
student, and with his new lover. This is the start of another plot
line in which the son is kidnapped by Ahmed's gang, disappears,
eventually becomes addicted to drugs and is then found using them and
beaten up by Fares in a public bathroom.
In the beginning Fares quarrels with his ex wife Dalal [Soad Nasr]
about their son [Abdel Aziz al-Qarantili]. He had separated from
Dalal to live with her son Bakr [Farid Naguib Sorur], a university
student, and with his new lover. This is the start of another plot
line in which the son is kidnapped by Ahmed's gang, disappears,
eventually becomes addicted to drugs and is then found using them and
beaten up by Fares in a public bathroom.
In a moment of despair, after having lost everything to Ahmed,
Fares hits an elderly pedestrian with his car and then takes him to a
big hospital, checks him in as his own father and pays for his
treatment. Although Fares does not know at first, the old man is in
the habit of throwing himself in front of fancy automobiles so he can
live comfortably for a while in a big hospital. Fares and the old
opportunist find a bond of some kind and eventually become drinking
buddies, replicating in a superficial way the false identities of
father and son, an idea the elderly man had first broached to Fares
while he was checking his "victim" into a hospital.
Soon after they establish the new bond of trust the old man
confesses to Fares with startling honesty his fraudulent practice of
fake victimhood. He recounts his specific encounter with Fares in
detail, and explains how he had sized him up and set out to dupe him.
Fares accepts this with equanimity and they remain friends. In this
moment of candor with the old man, Fares also tells the nurse in
attendance Hoda [Lucy] the story of their contrived relationship,
makes a date to meet her and begins a relationship with her.
There is much freeway footage in and around Cairo by
cinematographer Kamal Abdel Aziz as well as multiple insertions of
original cuts from old Om Kolsum performances to illustrate the
fondness Fares has for her music and sometimes to accentuate points in
the story line with her lyrics.
Cast and crew: Mahmoud Hemida, Mohamed Khan, Aida Riad, Soad Nasr,
Abdel Aziz Makhyoun, Hassan Hosny, Ahmed Bedir, Fayez Ghaly, Kamal
Abdel Aziz, Lucy, Osman Abdel Moneim, Mohamed Metwalli, Atia Oweysi,
Lotfi Labieb, Khaled El Sawy, Mahmoud Al-Lawzi, Abdel Aziz
al-Qarantili, Farid Naguib Sorur
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Hassan Mazhar Gasour
to promote the 1981 118-minute Aly Badrakhan color film People at
the Top [ahl al-qimma] starring Soad Hosny based on a story by
Naguib Mahfouz with screenplay by Aly Badrakhan and Mostafa Moharram
and cinematograpy by Mohsen Nasr. Plot summary: Mohammad Fawzi [Ezzat El
Alaily] was an officer investigating the hiring of the thief Zaatar
al-Nouri [Nour El-Sherif] by Zaghloul [Omar El Hariri], the owner of
an import export company. Zaghloul used Zaatar's resources and gave
him suspicious assignments that involved the smuggling of Customs
goods. Zaatar fell in love with the employee Saham [Soad Hosny], the
daughter of Mohammad's sister. When Mohammad discovered the
relationship between his niece and Zaatar, he told her he hoped she
would drop him. When Zaatar's power increased he tried to compete
with and challenge Zaghloul. He also tried to learn the truth about
Zaghloul's relationship with Mohammad but Mohammad refused to tell
him. Zaatar set out to deceive Zaghloul and to confiscate for himself
a big shipment of smuggled import goods. Saham married Zaatar
despite Mohammad's objections. Zaghloul's attorney was caught smuggling; he
told Mohammad the truth about Zaghloul, but the results of the
investigation were not revealed in a television interview and Mohammad
was transferred to Assyout.
Cast and crew: Ezzat El Alaili, Soad Hosny, Nour El-Sherif, Naguib Mahfouz, Aly Badrakhan, Omar El-Hariri, Aida Riad, Nadia Ezzat, Hassan Hussein, Sabri Abdel Monem, Mahmoud Al Qalaawi, Mohsen Nasr, Mostafa Moharram, Nadia Rafiq, Nabil Noureddine, Salah Reshwan, Ibrahim Qadri, Helmy Abdel Wahab
Fares of the City [fares al-medina] (1992) - (Mahmoud Hemida) Egyptian film poster
Plot Summary: This film by director Mohamed Khan is set in Cairo in the year 1988. The filming was done in 32 days beginning 26 May 1990. It narrates a complex tale about the life of Fares (Mahmoud Hemida) who is a prosperous and somewhat conniving mid-level businessman dealing in currency, automobiles and real estate. His wealth comes from currency trading and the running of a number of large commercial projects. The main line of this multi-threaded plot is a conflict between Fares and another slightly more properous businessman and drug merchant Ahmed Al-Wezzan (Abdel Aziz Makhyoun). As the film begins Fares worries how he will raise the five million pounds he needs to pay a debt to Ahmed and he ends up selling everything to manage it, but in the end it is Fares who triumphs in a series of tense and sometimes violent encounters.
When the story begins Fares is quarrelling with his wife Dalal (Soad Nasr) about their son (Abdel Aziz al-Qarantili). He had separated from Dalal to live with her son Bakr (Farid Naguib Sorur), a university student, and with his new lover. This is the beginning of another plot line in which the son is kidnapped by Ahmed's gang, disappears, eventually becomes addicted to drugs and is then found using them and beaten up by Fares in a public bathroom.
In a moment of despair, after having lost everything to Ahmed Fares hits an ederly pedestrian with his car and then takes him to a big hospital to treat him at his own expense. Although Fares does not know this at first, this old man makes a habit of throwing himself in front of fancy automobiles so he can live comfortably for a while in a big hospital. Fares and the old opportunist find a bond of some kind and eventually become drinking buddies, replicating in a superfical way the false identities of father and son, an idea the elderly man had first broached to Fares while he was checking his "victim" into a hospital.
Soon after they establish this new bond of trust the old man confesses to Fares with startling honesty his habitual strategy of becoming a fake victim in traffic accidents to get periods of free hospital room and board for himself. He recounts his specific encounter with Fares in detail, and explains how he had sized him up and intentionaly set out to dupe him. Fares accepts this with equanimity and they remain friends. In this moment of candor with the old man, Fares also tells the nurse in attendance Hoda (Lucy) the story of their contrived relationship, makes a date to meet her and begins a relationship with her.
This film is full of freeway footage in and around Cairo by cinematographer Kamal Abdel Aziz, with frequent insertion of original cuts from old Om Kolsum performances to illustrate the fondness Fares has for her music and sometimes to accentuate points in the story line with her lyrics.
The film's performers are Mahmoud Hemida, Aida Riad, Soad Nasr, Abdel Aziz Makhyoun, Hassan Hosny, Ahmed Bedir, Lucy, Osman Abdel Moneim, Mohamed Metwalli, Atia Oweysi, Lotfi Labieb, Khaled El Sawy, Mahmoud Al-Lawzi, Abdel Aziz al-Qarantili and Farid Naguib Sorur.
