Film

An Egyptian Story

1982 · 2h · Drama · Fantasy

IMDb

7.3

Rotten Tomatoes

100%

After we last see him in "Alexandria, Why?" Egyptian filmmaker Yehia Mourad is in his thirties, and successful in his work, he has grown distant from his wife and children and suffers a symbolic blockage of the heart while shooting the final scenes of his latest film. After being flown to England for evaluation, it's determined that Yehia must undergo emergency surgery. Fact and fiction blend seamlessly—with healthy doses of cleverly absurdist fantasy—as the film explores the various personalities and forces that have made Yehia (and Youssef Chahine) the man he has become.

Nour El-Sherif

Yehia Shukri Murad

Yousra

Amal

Soheir El-Bably

The Mother

Magda El Khatib

The Sister

Mahmoud El Meligy

Tawfiq Al-Deqen

Laila Hamada

Yehia's Sister

Mohamed Mounir

Mahmoud El Gendy

Co-director

Abdelaziz Makhyoun

Sanaa Younes

Ragaa Al-Giddawy

Abdullah Mahmoud

Ragaa Hussein

Mohsen Mohey ElDein

Young Yehia

Youssef Chahine

Old Yehia

• Youssef ChahineDirector · Writer · Producer
• Yousef IdrisWriter
• Seif AbdelrahmanExecutive Producer
• Mohsen NasrDirector of Photography
• Gamal SalamaOriginal Music Composer
• Rashida Abdel SalamEditor
• Youssef Al MallakhEditor

Release date

September 27, 1982

Status

Released

Original language

Arabic

Runtime

2h

Genres

Drama, Fantasy

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