The City (1999 film)
1999 film directed by Yousry Nasrallah
EL Madina (Arabic: المدينة, La Ville) is a 1999 Egyptian French drama film directed by Yousry Nasrallah produced by Humber Balsa, Gabriel Khoury and Marianne Khoury. Written by Nasser Abdel-Rahmane, Claire Denis and Yousry Nasrallah.
Summary
According to an Arabic movie database, the film revolves around a young Egyptian man, Ali Bassem Samra with acting ambitions but lives in a poor neighborhood. His father Ahmed Fouad Selim has high expectations of him, wanting Ali to work with him in an industry. Ali's dream is to travel across the world and become an actor. So he travels to Paris and decides to live there, but faces some obstacles and gets in trouble, which leads to his memory loss. He moves back to Egypt and starts over.
Background
In Albawaba Entertainment web page, an article named "El-Madina: Two Movies in One, Egyptian Frame of French Plot" states that the French Cultural Center premiered el-Madina, by Yousri Nasrallah in 1999. It wasn't his most recent work, but it was still new to Beirut. Nasrallah is quite possibly Egypt's most-respected independent filmmaker.
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