This isa 27" x39" Egyptian poster designed by Morteda for the 1995
film Meet Fol AKA Great! a comedy written and directed
by Raafat El-Mihi and starring Sherihan as Dalal. Plot summary: Kamal
[Hesham Selim] was working as a porter in a hotel. He fell in love
with Dalal, a secretary there, but they lied to each other constantly.
He claimed he was from a wealthy family, but the truth of the matter
became known after they were married. They were later adopted as
brother and sister by a wealthy benefactor, who did not know they were
married. Kamal was known to their benefactor as Meet Fol, while Dalal
was known to him as Safia.
Cast and crew: Rafaat El-Mihi, Hassan Hosny, Achraf Abdel Baqi, Sherihan, Hesham Selim
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster for the 1993 Daoud Abdel Sayed
film Land of Dreams based on dialogue and screenplay by Hani
Fawzi and starring Faten Hamama as Nargis. Plot summary: Nargis was
planning to go to America but she lost her passport and
ticket. She meets the magician Raouf [Yehia El-Fakharany], spends a
lot of time observing as he practices his craft, then changes her mind
about going to the Land of Dreams.
Cast and crew: Daoud Abdel Sayed, Hani Fawzi, Faten Hamama, Yehia
El-Fakharany, Hesham Selim, Ola Rami, Amina Rizk, Mohammed Tawfik,
Yousef Dawoud, Hanan Seliman, Lotfi Labib, Tahani Rashed, Samir Bahzan
Pictured is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Hassan Mazhar
Gasour to promote the 1987 92-minute Mustafa Al Saiid color
film Thirsty [atshana] starring Elham Shaheen based on story,
screenplay and dialogue by Mohammad al-Basusi with cinematograpy by
Mohamed Khalil. Plot summary: Samia [Elham Shaneen] married her
colleague Salah [Hesham Selim] and they lived together in Salah's home
with his parents. Salah worked in an attorney's office. Samia was
harassed by her mother-in-law Hosnia [Khayria Ahmed]. Samia worked at
a company owned by Moharram [Hussein El-Sherbini], a businessman, who
wanted her, adding to the problems Samia was having because of
Hosnia's harressment. Samia turned against Salah and demanded a
divorce, which he gave her. Moharram offered to marry Samia and she
agreed. Then she discovered Moharram's poor ethics, his relations
with numerous women and his use of narcotics. Hosnia regretted the way
she had treated Samia and asked her son Salah to bring her back.
Salah met with Samia without realizing she had married Moharram; he
learned about her difficult life with her husband. Salah started a law
firm, became successful and got his own apartment. Moharram died and
Samia inherited his wealth. Her friend Ezzat advised her to go back
to Salah. She initially rejected this because she was enjoying her
freedom, but she eventually changed her mind and went back to him.
Cast and crew: Mustafa Al Saiid, Elham Shaheen, Hesham Selim, Hussein El-Sherbini, Khayria Ahmed, Abu Lamaa, Nada, Mohamed Ahmed al-Masri, Wasila Hussein, Mona Darwish, Ezzat Sherif, Fatma Eid, Neda Mostafa, Aliah Hamed, Shafiq al-Shayeb, Bassam Ragab, Youssef Eid, Rashwan Mostafa, Matawei Eweis
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Morteza Anis to
promote the 2004 Inas Al Degheidy 112-minute color film Seekers of
Freedom [al-bahesat an al-horiyya] based on a story by Hoda
El-Zain from the novel Ghaba min al-Shawq [forest of longing]
with screenplay and dialogue by Rafiq As-Sabban and cinematography by
Mohsen Ahmed. Plot summary: This film depicts the Paris experiences
of Aida, an Egyptian art student, Amal, a Lebanese journalist and
Soad, a Moroccan singer. All of them are displaced in some way and
trying to find where they belong. Events lead to Aida's reunification
with her son in Egypt, Soad's marriage to a French man and Amal's
decision to murder a gun runner who has been pursuing her for sex.
Cast and crew: Ahmed Ezz, Sanaa Mouziane, Hesham Selim, Nicole Bardwel, Tamer Hagras, Inas Al Degheidy, Rafiq As-Sabban, Hoda El-Zain, Nicole Bardwel, Dalia El Behairy, Hoda El-Zein, Mohsen Ahmed, Samir Shamas, Basam Mo'ania, Mohammed Afifi, Talaat al-Sheikh, Marwan Hamad, Sayed Gabr, Abdel Moneim Mohamed, Asar Rostom, Grimi Bariba, Jean-Jacques Batier, Salaye Faridanat, Boris Moozafitsh
This an original folded 27" x 39" Egyptian movie poster designed by
Raouf for the 1976 Youssef Chahine film Return of the prodigal
son freely adapted from the 1907 André Gide novel, produced in
Egypt and Algeria with screenplay by Salah Jahine and Youssef Chahine
and starring Ali Mahrez as Ali. Plot summary: "Return of the
Prodigal Son is another Chahine parable set between the
Arab-Israeli wars. An activist who's been jailed for more than a
decade, Ali is eagerly awaited by his family. All hope that this just
man will stand up against his ruthless brother's tyranny, but nobody
even recognizes the prodigal when he shows up during a big
party. Prison has so thoroughly crushed Ali's youth and idealism that
he now allies himself with the
oppressor." From the Cornell University Library web site.
The film is a melodrama/musical centering on family strife in the
Madbouli family heightened by the release of the family's youngest son
from prison after serving ten years for construction fraud, who turns
out to be a disappointment when he goes to work at his father's
factory. The family lives on a farm headed by an authoritarian father
[Mahmoud El-Meliguy]. The film has also been seen as an allegorical
treatment of Egypt's poliitical disillusion following the death of
Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918-1970), who had been criticized by some as an
authoritarian leader of a police state, too dependent on the power of
his personal charisma and unable to create intermediary institutions
or adopt practical programs for national development.
Cast and crew: Youssef Chahine, Salah Jahine, Farouk Beloufa,
Raouf, Abdel Aziz Fahmy, Shukry Sarhan, Hoda Soltan, Ayda Reyad,
Mahmoud El-Meliguy, Souheir El-Mourchidy, Ali El Scherif, Ali Mahrez,
Sid Ali Kouiret, Ahmed Abdel Waress, Ragaa Hussein, Ahmed Bedir, Magda
El-Roomy, Hesham Selim, André Gide
Pictured is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Nagy Shaker to
promote the 1989 Hany Lasheen 109-minute color film The
Puppeteer [al-aragoz] starring Omar Sharif based on an idea by
Hany Lasheen with screenplay and dialogue by Essam El Shamaa and
cinematography by Mohsen Ahmed. Plot summary: The puppeteer Mohammad
Gad Al-Karim [Omar Sharif] taught his craft to his son Bahlul [Hesham
Selim], who later completed his higher education. Mohammad married a
beautiful carnival worker named En'am [Mervat Amin], who loved his
profession and was not ashamed of it. However Mohammad's educated son
Bahlul tried to distance himself from his father's class of people.
Bahlul asked his father to leave his old profession and stay at home,
because he had come under the influence of a corrupt pasha, had
married the pasha's daughter and set his sights on winning a seat in
Parliament. The father stuck with his principles hoping to rekindle
Bahlul's ethics and idealism. En'am bore Mohammad another son who
grew up to become a puppeteer with a puppeteer's ethics,
characteristics and class attributes. Omar Sharif's portrayal of a
traditional itinerant Egyptian puppeteer is authentic and emotionally
sympathetic. Hesham Selim, as the ambitious son entering a changing
world with a traditional background, experiences the conflicts and
pressures that arise as time passes and generations confront new
social circumstances.
Cast and crew: Omar Sharif, Mervat Amin, Hesham Selim, Salwa Khattab, Hany Lasheen, Mohsen Ahmed, Ahmed Khalil, Nader Nour, Abdel Gawad Metwalli, Badriya Abdel Gawad, Abol Futouh Omara, Mohsen Ahmed, Essam El Shamaa
The Puppeteer [al-aragoz] (1989) - (Omar Sharif) Egyptian film poster
This film was directed by Hany Lasheen. Plot summary: The
puppeteer Mohammad Gad Al-Karim taught his son Bohlul, who later
completed his higher education. Mohammad married a beautiful carnival
worker named En'am, who loved his profession and was not embarrassed
by it. However Mohammad's educated son Bohlul tried to distance
himself from his class. Bohlul asked his father to leave his old
profession and stay at home, because he had come under the influence
of a corrupt pasha, had married the pasha's daughter and set his
sights on winning a seat in Parliament. The father sticks with his
principles hoping to rekindle Bohlul's ethics and idealism. En'am
bears a new son for Mohammad who grows up to become a new puppeteer
with the ethics, characteristics and class attributes of a puppeteer.
The poster was designed by Nagy Shaker.
Cast and crew: Omar Sharif, Mervat Amin, Hesham Selim, Salwa
Khattab, Hany Lasheen, Mohsen Ahmed, Ahmed Khalil
