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Alexandria... Why?

Drama

1978

2hrs 11mins

Directed by Youssef Chahine

Egypt

Arabic with English subtitles

A boisterous and brilliant autobiographical reflection set during the Second World War.

During the Second World War, teenage Yehia dreams of studying cinema while his quirky family, living atop a theatre, endure air raids by playing backgammon and eating ice cream. The first instalment of Chahine’s semi-autobiographical trilogy interweaves the personal with the philosophical and a critique of Western imperialism.

Featuring

Naglaa Fathi, Farid Shawki, Ezzat el-Alaili, Gerry Sundquist and Mohsen Mohieddin

Genres

Drama

Certificate

Contains sex references, language, sexual threat, violence

Accessibility

Closed captions