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Iran: A Cinematographic Revolution

Rated: 0 | 128 Views Released Year: 2007

Genre: Middle East
About: Despite political turmoil and cultural isolation -- and sometimes even because of them -- Iran has served as fertile ground for filmmakers for more than seven decades, as witnessed by this tribute to Persian cinema from Nader Takmil Homayoun. From escapism to social realism, the new wave of the 1970s and the more poetic films of recent years, this homage traces the history of Iranian filmmaking through a fascinating array of clips and interviews.
URL: Iran: A Cinematographic Revolution

House / A House in Jerusalem

Rated: 0 | 91 Views Released Year: 1980

Genre: Middle East
About: A single house in Jerusalem becomes a microcosm of Israeli-Palestinian relations in this absorbing pair of documentaries from acclaimed director Amos Gitai. In the first film, originally censored by Israeli TV, a European-Israeli professor buys a house that was deserted by a Palestinian doctor in 1948. The second film returns to the house nearly 20 years later to examine the changes in the residents and in the neighborhood.
URL: House / A House in Jerusalem

A Citizen, A Detective & A Thief

Rated: 0 | 112 Views Released Year: 2001

Genre: Middle East
About: When writer Selim (Khaled Abol Naga) reports his car missing, he soon finds his life bound up with an unlikely lot of characters in this cinematic commentary on class, censorship and police inefficiency. At the station, Selim bumps into Detective Fathy, a family friend who insists on hiring a maid for him. It's not long before Selim is caught up in the doings of his beautiful new employee, her criminal husband and his bumbling detective friend.
URL: A Citizen, A Detective & A Thief

Zaman: The Man from the Reeds

Rated: 0 | 101 Views Released Year: 2003

Genre: Middle East
About: As President Bush awaits Congress's approval to invade Iraq, an elderly Iraqi man, Zaman (Sami Kaftan), leaves his peaceful rural home and heads for bustling Baghdad to buy medicine after his wife becomes ill. News of the impending war swirls about as Zaman hits one roadblock after another trying to get the medicine, but he never loses sight of his important mission. Amer Alwan's poignant story was filmed entirely in Iraq.
URL: Zaman: The Man from the Reeds

A Glass and a Cigarette

Rated: 0 | 98 Views Released Year: 1955

Genre: Middle East
About: Former Miss Egypt and international recording artist Dalida sings and stars in this steamy 1950s drama, following a conniving nurse's (Dalida) attempts to seduce a married doctor (Nabil Al alfi) and his jealous wife's subsequent downfall. Midriff-baring enchantress Samia Gamal -- who plays the physician's envy-consumed spouse -- makes a memorable splash by performing a classic Oriental belly dance. Kouka and Sirag Mounir co-star.
URL: A Glass and a Cigarette

The Other

Rated: 0 | 112 Views Released Year: 1999

Genre: Middle East
About: Renowned Egyptian director Chahine hit a career high point with this stunning denunciation of globalization and terrorism. A favored son gets caught in the manipulative web of his conniving mother as she schemes to bilk the government out of a large amount of money. Although the son turns against his parents, he pays a heavy price that may be too much to bear.
URL: The Other

Chronicle of a Disappearance

Rated: 0 | 126 Views Released Year: 1996

Genre: Middle East
About: In this award-winning political satire, filmmaker Elia Suleiman plays himself, a young man returning to his Palestinian homeland after spending more than a decade studying film in New York. He documents his return to his roots by recording his wanderings through Nazareth and Jerusalem. The resulting work is a series of thought-provoking vignettes expressing Suleiman's view of contemporary Israeli-Arab life -- and it's not a pretty picture.
URL: Chronicle of a Disappearance

A Man in Our House

Rated: 0 | 117 Views Released Year: 1961

Genre: Middle East
About: Based on the novel by writer Ihsan Abdel Qoddous, A Man in Our House stars Omar Sharif as Ibrahim, a resistance fighter who must find safety from government goons by hiding out in the home of a civilian and his family. His presence there brings up conflicts that all Egyptians faced as they grappled with British rule, even as feelings of nationalism and independence begin to overtake the country's citizens.
URL: A Man in Our House

The Closed Doors

Rated: 0 | 127 Views Released Year: 1999

Genre: Middle East
About: The winner of several international awards, this moving drama explores how cultural restrictions in contemporary Egyptian society affect a sexually confused teenager. Mohamad (Ahmed Azmi) lives alone with his hardworking mother (Sawsan Badr). After he's suspended from school for spying on girls through a peephole, Mohamad tries to understand his taboo longings. He soon turns to a fanatical Islamic group -- a move that leads him down a dark path.
URL: The Closed Doors

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