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His Excellency, The Minister (Maali
al-Wazir) by Samir Seif. Egypt, 2003, 120 min, 35 mm US
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| In his last film to be screened commercially before his death, the impossibly talented Ahmed Zaki takes us to the dark world of official corruption in Egypt. In His Excellency, The Minister, Zaki brilliantly plays the part of Mr. Rustom, who after being mistakenly appointed to the ministerial cabinet due to a confusion of names, uses his position of power to illegally amass a huge fortune. The film investigates the price that Mr. Rustom pays for such power manipulation, which ultimately leads him to suffer from intense alienation from his family and friends. Through the tribulations of Rustom, the film takes an audacious and critical stance towards the current political situation in Egypt. In Arabic with English subtitles. | |||||||||||||
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Film Center Cairo Egypt Tel: 20 2 585 0897. 4801 Fax: 20-258-5470 Email: egyptianfilmcenter@hotmail.com |
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