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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Qinawi, a physically challenged peddler who makes his living selling newspapers in the cen...
Djamila, a young Algerian woman living with her brother Hadi and her uncle Mustafa in the ...
A young boy named Dallas goes on a search for his pool-hustling father after he abandons t...
George Fahmy, Egypt's most adored actor, is pressured to star in a film commissioned by th...
Dr. Martin Blake, who has spent his life looking for respect, meets an 18-year-old patient...
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