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Why? Released Feb 11, 1979 2h 13m Drama List Reviews 94% Audience Score 250+ Ratings In the 1940s, an Egyptian teen escapes his country's tense political climate through his love of American film.
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- Youssef Chahine
- Drama
- Ezzat El Alaili
Sound Department. Nasry Abdel Nour. ... chief sound engineer (as Nasri Abdel Nour) Abdel Aziz Emara. ... sound engineer. Ahmed Kamel. ...
Amid the poverty, death, and suffering caused by World War II, 18-year-old Yehia retreats into a private world of fantasy and longing. Obsessed with Hollywood, he dreams of studying filmmaking in America but struggles to pursue his dream, given the constraints of his life in the middle class and the horrors of war. Remove Ads. Cast. Crew. Details.
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- MISR International Films, Algerian Television
- Youssef Chahine
Amid the poverty, death, and suffering caused by World War II, 18-year-old Yehia retreats into a private world of fantasy and longing. Obsessed with Hollywood, he dreams of studying filmmaking in America but struggles to pursue his dream, given the constraints of his life in the middle class and the horrors of war. Youssef Chahine. Director ...
Released in United States February 22, 1991. Released in United States June 2000. Released in United States on Video/DVD June 2000. Shown at "Crossroads: The North Africa and Middle East Film Festival" in New York City (Public Theater) May 5-31, 1995.
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Yehia is a young man living in the cosmopolitan Alexandria during World War II. Inspired by American movies and Shakespeare, he aspires to be an actor, but struggles to pursue his Hollywood dream, given the constraints of his life in the middle class and the horrors of war.
