Movie Drama
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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Nour El-Sherif Yousra Soheir El-Bably Magda El Khatib Mahmoud El Meligy Tawfiq El Deqen Laila Hamada Mohamed Mounir Mahmoud El Gendy Abdel Aziz Makhyoun Sanaa Younes Ragaa Al-Giddawy Abdullah Mahmoud Ragaa Hussein Mohsen Mohey ElDein Youssef Chahine Seif Abdelrahman Nabila El Sayed Souad Nasr Hassan Hussein Gerry Sundquist Magda ElSabahi Ahmed Mehrez Alaa Awad Noha ElAmroussi Saeed Abdel Ghani Yousry Nasrallah Saeed Al Saleh Ali Al Sharif Mimi Chakib Laila Sheir Ahmed Salama Ahmed Abdelhady
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