Youssef Chahine Movies

Essam, a young bedouin who discovers the cruel tyranny of his ruler after people from his tribe are unjustly murdered, decides to overthrow him.

This big-budget historical epic from acclaimed Egyptian director Youssef Chahine features a crazed turn by Patrice Chereau as Napoleon Bonaparte. The...

Trio is a cinematic series of filmed portraits that shows, in a single large, fixed and silent shot of 3 minutes and 20 seconds, three people free to...

In a peaceful village, the mayor, seeing that the population is bored with tranquility, invents the mystical figure of Rajeh, and tells stories to...

A documentary that focuses on Abbas Kiarostami's cinematic philosophy talking to himself and other figures, and also seeks the opinion about his...

A film about the sacred oil used by the church during special occasions in Egypt.

A mother and her daughter explore together the trajectory of four generations of women from their family, an Egyptian family from the Levant where...

Commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, "To Each His Own Cinema" brought together 33 of the world's pre-eminent...

An anthology of short films inspired by the events of the September 11 World Trade Center attacks.

40 international directors were asked to make a short film using the original Cinematographe invented by the Lumière Brothers, working under...

A “Cinéma, de notre temps” series episode directed by French film critic Jean-Louis Comolli on the Egyptian director Youssef...

Six strong-willed women whose adventurous streak changed the face of film industry in early twentieth century Egypt – a time when the country...

A Vision on Landmines Still Present in Egypt – Through a Satirical Attack on the Government and Its Perception of Human Life

The High Dam project led to the creation of new communities and the reclamation of land. The film tells the story of a young girl living near the...

The film depicts the October 6, 1973 war between Egypt and Israel.

Beautiful dancer Warda finds herself homeless. She finds a job at a cotton ginning plant. She loves Abdo who runs the plant, and she kills the...

Hatem is a corrupt police officer, who loves his neighbor Nour, who in turn loves the prosecutor, Sherif. Hatem tries to win Nour’s attention...