An Egyptian Story

The story

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.

In the same saga

Alexandria Quad

In release order

Alexandria… Why?

1979

This film

An Egyptian Story

1982

Alexandria Again and Forever

1989

Alexandria... New York

2004

Cast

N Nour El-SherifYehia Shukri Murad Y YousraAmal S Soheir El-BablyThe Mother M Magda El KhatibThe Sister M Mahmood Al-Meleji T Tawfiq Al-Deqen L Laila HamadaYehia's Sister M Mohamed Mounir M Mahmoud El GendyCo-director A Abdelaziz Makhyoun S Sanaa Younes R Ragaa Al-Giddawy

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A Abdullah Mahmoud R Ragaa Hussein M Mohsen Mohey ElDeinYoung Yehia Y Youssef ChahineOld Yehia S Seif AbdelrahmanAbdel Hadi N Nabila El Sayed S Souad Nasr H Hassan Hussein G Gerry Sundquist M Magda Al SabahiMagda A Ahmed Mehrez A Alaa Awad N Noha ElAmroussi S Saeed Abdel Ghani Y Yousry Nasrallah S Saeed Al Saleh A Ali Al Sharif M Mimi Chakib L Laila Sheir A Ahmed Salama K Khairiya A-Mansour A Ahmed Abdelhady I Ismet Raafat M Muhammad Khalil A Ali Ezz ElDein H Hanan Adel U Umm Kulthum