This is a 25" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Nagy Shaker for the
1999 Youssef Chahine film The Other written by Youssef Chahine
and Khaled Youssef and starring Hanan Turk as Hanane. Plot summary:
Adam [Hani Salama] is a student from a wealthy family who returns to
Cairo from New York for a break from his studies and a visit. During
his Cairo break Adam falls in love with Hanane, a journalist of modest
means who is conducting a campaign against the wealthy Egyptian elite
as they plunder the country. Adam's parents, who are themselves part
of the corrupt Egyptian upper class, and especially his mother
Margaret, [Nabila Ebeid] are opposed to the relationship between Adam
and Hanane.
Cast and crew: Youssef Chahine, Khaled Youssef, Nabila Ebeid,
Mahmoud Hemida, Hanan Turk, Hani Salama, Lebleba, Hassan Abdel Hamid,
Ezzat Abou Aouf, Ahmed Fouad Seli, Amr Saad, Ahmed Wafik, Edward Said,
Hamdine Sabahi, Tamer Samir
This is a 27" x 38.5" Egyptian poster designed by the Sign Agency to
promote the 2007 121-minute Youssef Chahine and Khaled Youssef color
film Is it Chaos? [hiyya fawda?] starring Khaled Saleh based on
screenplay and dialogue by Nasser Abdel-Rahmane with cinematography by
Ramses Marzouk. Plot summary: This film is set in the midst of social
unrest in Cairo, where the endemic police corruption is addressed by
focusing on a corrupt officer named Hatem [Khaled Saleh] who
becomes a law unto himself and controls everyone except the woman
named Nour [Menna Shalabi] for whom he has a passionate desire but
cannot win.
Cast and crew: Youssef El Sherif, Youssef Chahine, Khaled Youssef, Hala Fakher, Khaled Saleh, Hala Sedki, Menna Shalabi, Dorra Razouk, Amr Abdel Gelil, Ahmed Fouad Selim, Safwa, Nasser Abdel-Rahmane, Ramses Marzouk, Seif Abdel Rahman, Abdullah Mosharraf, Maher Salim, Ahmed Yehia, Rola Mahmoud, Mahmoud Sameh Abdullah, Hanan Abbas, Ahmed al-Adawy, Mohamed Fawzi
This is a 27" x 38.5" Egyptian poster designed by Nagy Shaker to
promote the 2007 126-minute Khaled Youssef color film In Better
Times [heyna maysara] starring Hala Fakher as Om Reda based on
screenplay, story and dialogue by Naser Abdel Rahman and Khaled
Youssef with cinematography by Ramses Marzouk. The film was produced
by the Al-Batros Company for Cinema Production and Distribution. Plot
summary: Om Reda was living in poverty in the Aswa'iya district
awiating the return of her son from Iraq after the Gulf War. Living
with her was her youngest son Adel Hashisha [Amru Saad]. He left his
friend Nahed [Samia al-Khashshab] with his mother to live there while
he served a six-month prison sentence for getting into a fight to
rescue her. After he got out of prison he fell in love with Nahed but
refused to marry her until times got better. Nahed abandoned her son
in an empty seat on a city bus because of the father's refusal to
recognize him. Adel regretted what he had done and tried to get Nahed
back but it was not feasible. He was put in prison again on a charge
contrived against him by the officer who had been giving him guidance
and teaching him about terrorist activities. He then became trustee
of a workshop owner to learn terrorist operations, and he found a
hideout on an estate. Adel was trying to find himself with difficulty
at a time when Nahed was going from house to house falling in love
with the rich people. She tried to go back to Adel again but could not
find him. Their son grew up in a home that had adopted him, but then
the owner of the home threw him out and he took refuge in ad hoc
street shelters. He slept with one of the girls there and they fled to
Alexandria together. There was a fracas at the estate between the
police and Al-Qaeda which ended with the removal of all street
shelters and some of their residents, including Om Reda, Fathy [Amru
Abdel Galil], his wife and others. Adel fled to Alexandria on the
same train Nahed was riding, while his son, his grandson and his wife
were all on the roof of the same train, but none of them knew about
each other. The film closes with a printed text apology read aloud by
director Khaled Youssef: "I apologize to the people if they cannot
understand what they have seen, but in fact I found the reality even
more cruel than what was shown on the screen."
Cast and crew: Khaled Youssef, Amr Abd El-Guelil, Hala Fakher, Somaya El Khashab, Ghada Abdel Razek, Ramses Marzouk, Naser Abdel Rahman, Amru Saad, Ahmed Bedir, Sawsan Badr, Ahmed Said Abdel Ghani, Wafaa Amer, Amru Abdel Galil, Khaled Saleh, Amira Fathy, Abdollah Mosharaf, Sameh Al-Sariti, Mohamed Karim, Sameh Moghawari, Motaz Al-Swifi, Mohammad Farouq
