An Egyptian Story
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.
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Cast
Nour El-Sherif
Yehia Shukri Murad
Yousra
Amal
Soheir El-Bably
The Mother
Magda El Khatib
The Sister
Mahmood Al-Meleji
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
Seif Abdelrahman
Abdel Hadi
Nabila El Sayed
Souad Nasr
Hassan Hussein
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Overview
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.