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| I Love Cinema (Baheb el-Cima) by Oussama Fawzi. Egypt, 2004, 125 min, 35 mm New York première “If I go to hell, will I see all the famous actors there?” So goes young, movie-mad Naïm’s hopeful response to his strict father’s lectures on the evils of cinema. But while he pines for onscreen exploits in 1966 Cairo, Naïm has plenty of drama to watch right at home—illicit courtships, his mother’s repressed desire to pursue her art, and his father’s crisis of faith when he becomes disillusioned with the Nasser regime’s failure to live up to its ideals. Fawzi’s occasionally explicit film is a hilarious and tender family portrait as well as a refined critique of rigid religiosity. In Arabic with English subtitles.
Fri, Nov 4, 6:30.
OPENING NIGHT FILM w/ Q & A with director Oussama Fawzi and
leading actress Leila Alawi <SPECIAL PRICES> |
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Cast & Crew: Cast: Laila Alawi, Mahmoud Hemida, Menna Shalabi,
Aida Abdel Aziz, Youssef Osman |
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| Filmmaker Bio: Born in 1961 in Cairo, Oussama Fawzi graduated from Egypt’s High Cinema Institute in 1984. After working as an assistant to directors such as Hussein Kamal, Ashraf Fahmy and Niazi Mostafa, he set up his own company, producing Sherif Arafa’s The Dwarves Are Coming. In 1996 he made his directorial debut with The Asphalt Kings, which was awarded the Golden Pardo at the Locarno Film Festival. |
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Print Source: Al-Arabia Cinema Productions and Distribution |
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