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Raja

Rated: 0 | 141 Views Released Year: 2004

Genre: Arabic Language
About: Raja (Najat Benssallem), a 19-year-old orphan living on the streets in Morocco, lands a job working in the garden of a wealthy, middle-aged Frenchman, Fred (Pascal Greggory). Fred is quickly smitten with the plucky girl, who's initially suspicious of his intentions. Although a guarded mutual interest develops, their potential romance may be stymied by a web of manipulation, as well as the cultural, economic and generational rift between the pair.
URL: Raja

A Citizen, A Detective & A Thief

Rated: 0 | 93 Views Released Year: 2001

Genre: Arabic Language
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 | 79 Views Released Year: 2003

Genre: Arabic Language
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 | 81 Views Released Year: 1955

Genre: Arabic Language
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 | 91 Views Released Year: 1999

Genre: Arabic Language
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 | 109 Views Released Year: 1996

Genre: Arabic Language
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 Summer in La Goulette

Rated: 0 | 85 Views Released Year: 1996

Genre: Arabic Language
About: Set in 1967 Tunis, this tender comedy follows three teenage girls from different faiths who make a pact to lose their virginity, causing a rift between their fathers, who had been best friends. As the summer wears on, will the families find a way to tolerate one another's differences and forgive? This provocative look at sex, religion and tradition in tense and changing times stars Sonia Mankaï, Ava Cohen-Jonathan and Sarah Pariente.
URL: A Summer in La Goulette

A Man in Our House

Rated: 0 | 88 Views Released Year: 1961

Genre: Arabic Language
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

We Loved Each Other So Much

Rated: 0 | 89 Views Released Year: 2003

Genre: Arabic Language
About: Coined "Our Ambassador to the Stars," acclaimed vocalist Hoda Nouhad Haddad, known simply as Fairuz to her fans, became a figurehead of unity and harmony for her countrymen during Lebanon's bitter 15-year-long civil war. Drawing upon insight from a collection of diverse Beirut inhabitants, documentarian Jack Janssen explores the history of Lebanon before and after the war and examines the impact Fairuz's music had during the devastating conflict.
URL: We Loved Each Other So Much

God's Sandbox

Rated: 0 | 104 Views Released Year: 2005

Genre: Arabic Language
About: After locating her runaway daughter, Rachel (Orli Perl), mother Liz (Razia Israeli) is told a story by Rachel's bedouin lover, Mustafa (Sami Samir). He recalls a tale from his youth about Leila, a free-spirited woman who fell in love with the bedouin Najim. Najim's father opposed the union, ultimately resulting in Leila's forced circumcision. Mustafa's story shakes Liz to the core, forcing mother and daughter to confront a long-hidden secret.
URL: God's Sandbox

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