I Am Neither a Devil Nor an Angel لست شيطانا و لا ملاكا Nour El-Sherif 1980 Egyptian one-sheet

I Am Neither a Devil nor an Angel (1980) - (Nour El-Sherif) Egyptian one-sheet

This Egyptian film poster was designed by Al-Khad to promote the 1980 115-minute Henry Barakat color film I Am Neither a Devil Nor an Angel [lestu shaytanan wa la malakan] based on story, screenplay and dialogue by Samir Abdelazim with cinematography by Ibrahim Saleh. Plot summary: Kawsar [Soheir Ramzy] left her fiance Ahmed [Nour El-Sherif] and married the elderly rich man Shamis, [Aly El Cherif] the owner of a factory in which her father worked, after there was a quarrel between her and Ahmed over her father. Ahmed finished his studies and graduated from the college of engineering. He established a relationship with his classmate Engineer Nahed [Hoda Ramzi] and they decided to marry. Shamis was killed by the husband of his mistress. Kawsar asked Engineer Ahmed to help her manage her late husband's factory because she was having many problems doing it herself. By chance she learned about the relationship between Ahmed and Nahed; this got her to thinking about firing Nahed from her job at the factory. Ahmed went to see Kawsar at her home and asked her not to do this. After he left her home Shamis's son stabbed Kawsar with a knife and she was taken to a hospital. Ahmed emphasized to Nahed that his relationship with Kawsar had been just a work relationship and what had happened earlier was just a memory; so the two of them began their life together.

Cast and crew: Nour El-Sherif, Henry Barakat, Ihsan Sherif, Soheir Ramzy, Hoda Ramzi, Aly El Cherif, Wahid Seif, Mohammed Tawfik, Zein El-Ashmawy, Salah Nazmi, Enaam Salousa, Soheir Zaky, Ibrahim Saleh, Samir Abdelazim, Samy Fahmy

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Certified Copy (2010)

Certified Copy (Juliette Binoche) - (2010) Italian one-sheet

Certified Copy (2010) Juliette Binoche, William Shimell (directed by Abbas Kiarostami) Beautiful film, the first I've seen by Kiarostami that wasn't in Persian. I can't wait to see his latest, Like Someone in Love.

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This Is Not a Film (2011)

Jafar Panahi at his Tehran home with Iggy, an iguana owned by his daughter Somaz, from his latest film This Is Not a Film (2011).

As the film opens there is a statement on a black screen introducing the audience to the filmmaker:

"Jafar Panahi is one of Iran's leading filmmakers and a vocal critic of the government. He was arrested on March 1, 2010. After an international outcry he was released on bail three months later and charged with 'assembly and colluding iwth the intention to commit crimes against the country's national security and propaganda against the Islamic Republic.'

"On Dec 20 2010 Panahi was convicted and given a six-year jail sentence and a 20-year ban on making movies, writing screenplays, giving any interviews or leaving the country.

"While his case was on appeal, this video was shot and eventually smuggled out of Iran in a flash drive hidden inside a birthday cake.

"It premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May of 2011."

Panahi made this film-which-is-not-a-film with an iphone and a professional color film camera, in collaboration with documentary filmmaker Mojtaba Mirtahmasb. With all its stark simplicity, it is a strong statement of Panahi's resistance to his own situation and to the current state of art, censorship and film in Iran. For example, this footage is almost completely confined to the space in his Tehran home, and for that reason no women make any visual appearances. Pahahi feels to show a woman wearing a chador in her own home (as required by the Islamic Republic's censors) would be a lie, because in Iran women do not wear chadors at home.

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I Am in His Eyes انا في عينيه (Naglaa Fathy) - (1981) Egyptian one-sheet

I Am In His Eyes (1981) - (Naglaa Fathy) Egyptian one-sheet

This Egyptian poster was designed by Hassan Mazhar Gasour and Morteda Anise to promote the 1981 100-minute Saad Arafa color film I Am in His Eyes starring Naglaa Fathy based on a story by Selmi Shalash with screenplay and dialogue by Ahmed Saleh and cinematography by Wahid Farid. Plot summary: A young woman named Amal [Naglaa Fathy] was injured in an accident with an automobile driven by a rich man named Adel, [Mahmoud Abdel Aziz] who took responsibility for her treatment. Adel arranged an apartment for Amal in one of his own buildings. Amal then realized Adel wanted to satisfy his desires with her, but she was not interested in an illegitimate ralationship. Adel loved Amal so he stopped womanizing and married her. Adel lived without working, relying on revenues from the buildings and factories he owned. He refused to restart a factory he had inherited because it reminded him of the tragic death of his father, who had been accidentally killed when he was a child. This had happened when his father was in a factory and a heavy tool fell on his head while he was tampering with some buttons. Amal felt her husband needed her to help him unravel a psychological complex. She talked him into restarting the factory and he became a new person.

Cast and crew: Naglaa Fathy, Mahmoud Abdel Aziz, Teheya Cariocca, Hasan Mostafa, Saad Arafa, Fekry Abaza, Wahid Farid, Selmi Shalash, Ahmed Saleh

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I Accuse (1960)

I Accuse (1960) - (Zubaida Tharwat) Egyptian one-sheet

This poster was designed by an unknown artist to promote the 1960 115 minute Hassan Al Imam black-and-white film I Accuse [inni ataham], which according to Egyptian film encyclopedist Mahmoud Qasem is based on an unknown French novel called Jacques the Small (jak al-saghir] (apparently nothing to do with Emile Zola's famous 1898 letter titled j'accuse published in the French newspaper L'Aurore exposing the Dreyfus affair). The screenplay is by Mohamed Moustapha Sami, Mohamed Osman and Hassan Imam and cinematography is by Alevise Orfanelli. Plot summary: Plot summary: Naima's (Zubaida Tharwat) cousin Salah (Salah Zulfikar) loved her. He worked at the newspaper Akhbar al-Yom. A motorcycle ran over Naima when she was crossing the street. She recovered quickly but lost her eyesight. Her father Saber (Mohsen Sarhan) suffered a long time and provided the best education for her after he lost his job. He went to the hospital to see about his daughter but he forgot her briefcase with important items in it. There was a spat over this incident between him and the contractor Hamed (Imad Hamdi). Hamed persuaded all his colleagues not to hire Saber; he accumulated wealth while Saber lived in poverty. Hamed swindled the wealthy including Soad, whom he tried to marry by putting pressure on her brother Abbas, who was shot during their encounter. Saber came to Hamed's house at that moment and found the corpse. Saber was then arrested and accused of killing Abbas. At the trial there was a coroner's report on the shooting. Salah tried to shed light on the case in the newspaper while Naima tried to work a cure and recover her sight. Salah discovered Hamed's role and asked the court to interrogate him. In the end the truth was discovered.

Cast and crew: Doria Ahmed, Zizi El-Badrawy, Nagwa Fouad, Tewfik El Dekn, Salah Nazmi, Mohsen Sarhan, Hassan Al Imam, Zubaida Tharwat, Imad Hamdi, Salah Zulfikar, Alevise Orfanelli, Mohamed Moustapha Sami, Mohamed Osman, Amin Wahba, Amin Wahba, Mohamed Sabih, Hussein Ismail, Abdel Moneim Ismail

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Honeymoon شهر العسل (Farid Al Atrache) - (1945) Egyptian one-sheet

Honeymoon (1945) - (Farid Al Atrache) Egyptian one-sheet

This poster was designed by an unknown artist to promote the 1945 115-minute Ahmed Badrakhan black-and-white comedy The Honeymoon starring Farid Al Atrache as Farid based on story and dialogue by Badei Khayri, screenplay by Ahmed Badrakhan and cinematography by Ahmed Khorshed. Plot summary: Hanna [Madiha Yousri] was a pretty girl who had to accept a marriage proposal from a man she did love. There was confusion when Farid promised Gamalat [Amina Noureddin] he would give her music lessons at his home. Each of the promised husbands of Hanna and Gamalat thought the other girl was his future wife. When Farid met Hanna he thought she was Gamalat and confirmed the appointment with her at his house. Consequently both girls went for the same meeting. The farce continued until Farid ended up marrying Hanna.

Cast and crew: Farid Al Atrache, Ahmed Badrakhan, Madiha Youssri, Zeinat Sedki, Hassan Fayek, Badei Khayri, Ahmed Khorshed, Mohammed Al-Bakkar, Souraya Helmy, Charfantah, Amina Noureddin, Abdel Salam Al Nabulsy, Sayed Soleyman, El-Sayed Bedeir

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Honeymoon without Disturbances شهر عسل بدون ازعاج (Nahed Sherif) - (1968) Egyptian film poster

Honeymoon without Disturbances

(1968) - (Nahed Sherif) Egyptian one-sheet

This is a poster designed by Abdel Alim to promote the 1968 100-minute black-and-white Abdel Moneim Shoukry film Honeymoon without Disturbances starring Hassan Youssef and Nahed Sherif based on a story by Ahmed Abdel Wahab with screenplay also by Ahmed Abdel Wahab, dialogue by Esmat Khalil and cinematography by Adel Abdel Azim. Plot summary: Monir (Hassan Youssef) was a young doctor who lived in Alexandria. He married the girl he loved (Nahed Sherif) against the wishes of his father, who was from Upper Egypt. The father read about the marriage in the newspapers, had a fit of rage and decided to kill his son. He was then surprised to learn that Madbouli, with whom he had an old quarrel, had been released from prison. The father knew Madbouli wanted to kill Monir to get revenge. During a chase Madbouli thought Monir was the nurse he had met at a clinic, then learned the truth and tried to kill Monir, but failed again. He fell in the water and almost drowned, but Monir saved him. This had a great effect on Madbouli and he stopped trying to kill Monir. The father married a woman he had met at a hotel in Alamein and the couple finished enjoying their honeymoon.

Cast and crew: Nahed Sherif, Mohamed Awad, Amin El-Heinedy, Hassan Hamed, Hassan Youssef, Abdel Moneim Shoukry, Abdel Moneim Shoukry, Adel Abdel Azim, Ahmed Abdel Wahab, Linda Badawy

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