Movies: Nour El-Sherif

  • 2002
    11’09”01—September 11

    11’09”01—September 11 (2002)

    11’09”01—September 11

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    Filmmakers from all over the world provide short films – each of which is eleven minutes, nine seconds, and one frame of film in length – that offer differing perspectives on the 9/11 terrorist attacks....

    11’09”01—September 11
  • 2006
    The Yacoubian Building

    The Yacoubian Building (2006)

    The Yacoubian Building

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    Cairo: a 70-year-old building of once-luxury flats with tenements on the roof. Zaki, an aging libertine, feuds with his sister. Pious Hajj Azzam takes a second wife, in secret, to satisfy his sexual drive within religious bounds. Bothayna, poor and b...

    The Yacoubian Building
  • 1997
    Destiny

    Destiny (1997)

    Destiny

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    In the 12th century's Andalusia lives Ibn Rushd a prominent Islamic philosopher with his wife Zeinab and daughter Salma. The principality is ruled by Khalifa ElMansour who has two sons, ElNasser, an intellectual that likes Ibn Rush and is in love wit...

    Destiny
  • 1982
    An Egyptian Story

    An Egyptian Story (1982)

    An Egyptian Story

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    After we last see him in "Alexandria, Why?" Egyptian filmmaker Yehia Mourad is in his thirties, and successful in his work, he has grown distant from his wife and children and suffers a symbolic blockage of the heart while shooting the final scenes of...

    An Egyptian Story
  • 1980
    Where Do You Hide the Sun?

    Where Do You Hide the Sun? (1980)

    Where Do You Hide the Sun?

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    A mixed cast of Egyptians, Libyans and Moroccans address the issue of corruption among young people, many of whom seem to be suffering greatly from the lingering effects of war....

    Where Do You Hide the Sun?
  • 2015
    Cairo Time

    Cairo Time (2015)

    Cairo Time

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    Three stories take place over the course of a single day in Cairo. Lila, a retired actress, is looking for Sameh, her last co-star. Salma, is dating Wael and is in Wael's friend's apartment, after their marriage breaks down. Hazem is a young drug dea...

    Cairo Time
  • 2005
    The Blood of the Innocent

    The Blood of the Innocent (2005)

    The Blood of the Innocent

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    The unemployed Reda develops feelings for his neighbor Hanan who runs away and lives with an aristocratic lady for whom she works, leaving Reda to get involved with terrorist groups. Meanwhile, Jaber earns his living by fraud and deceit and eventuall...

    The Blood of the Innocent
  • 1989
    The Execution Squad

    The Execution Squad (1989)

    The Execution Squad

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    Faraj al-Aktaa conspires with the Israeli enemy to get rid of the resistance men in Suez. Hassan, the only survivor, is accused of betraying the group and is sentenced to prison,while the daughter of the resistance leader is looking for her father's ...

    The Execution Squad
  • 1973
    Word of Honour

    Word of Honour (1973)

    Word of Honour

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    Salem was arrested for a crime he was not involved in. His brother-in-law Kamel has sinned with a young girl who becomes pregnant, so Salem takes her to have an abortion but she dies during the operation. When Salem knows that his wife is in critica...

    Word of Honour
  • 2008
    Transit Prisoner

    Transit Prisoner (2008)

    Transit Prisoner

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    "Ali ileum" open safes talented thief, but even he was talent he was arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of security guard, and there recognize the Colonel, "Shawki", and the way the film mafia is recruiting...

    Transit Prisoner
  • 1982
    Luck oh World

    Luck oh World (1982)

    Luck oh World

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    Abu Zayd and a number of his colleagues are revolting against the teacher Shamrock, the owner of the agency they work for, which is under the leadership of Shushu, which violates the law. They are working in a new agency, which makes Shosho angry. Th...

    Luck oh World
  • 1978
    It's Better Without Marriage

    It's Better Without Marriage (1978)

    It's Better Without Marriage

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    Iman is surprised that her brother Hossam is in a relationship with actress Nahed. His ideal image collapses and she decides to abandon her morals. She invites Sherif to the house in the absence of Hossam,and he discovers that she has no previous exp...

    It's Better Without Marriage
  • 2008
    The Baby Doll Night

    The Baby Doll Night (2008)

    The Baby Doll Night

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    Hossam, an Egyptian tour guide working in the US, comes to Egypt on vacation during New Year's Eve and hopes to spend a romantic night with his wife in their hotel. Unbeknownst to him, Awadain the terrorist who has other plans for the hotel that nigh...

    The Baby Doll Night
  • 1974
    Anisat wasaydat

    Anisat wasaydat (1974)

    Anisat wasaydat

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    A small family whose breadwinner dies, and the uncle assists and supports her, responds to all the mother’s requests, and the children who are not convinced of their modest life, but seek wealth and wealth from any door and in any direction. Her frie...

    Anisat wasaydat
  • 2001
    The Lovers

    The Lovers (2001)

    The Lovers

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    When the lawyer, Salah, loses his wife to cancer, his daughter Manal becomes his world. He meets So'ad, a fellow lawyer who was forced to get engaged to a wealthy man due to economic hardships. As Salah and So'ad grow close, she decides to break off ...

    The Lovers
  • 1974
    The Estranged Brothers

    The Estranged Brothers (1974)

    The Estranged Brothers

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    The relationship between a father and his four children is strained when he keeps spending his money on his pleasures. His son, Tawfik, revolts against his father after he learns of his relationship with the prostitute Lula, until he falls for her....

    The Estranged Brothers
  • 1988
    All That Love

    All That Love (1988)

    All That Love

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    Nassif al-Leithi is a very loyal merchant for business colleague Hussein Zahran. Hussein Zahran was surprised by the betrayal of his wife and killed her. Nassif al-Leithi promises that his son Hussein will take care of his son Kamal while he is in pr...

    All That Love
  • 1985
    The Pursued

    The Pursued (1985)

    The Pursued

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    In the fourth story of the epic of Harafish, Samaha Al-Nagy grandson of Ashour al-Nagy decides to marry Mahlabia. But Al-Qalali the bully of the neighborhood wants to marry her. When Samaha and Mahlabia try to escape, the men of Al-Qalali kill Mahlab...

    The Pursued
  • 1982
    The Bus Driver

    The Bus Driver (1982)

    The Bus Driver

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    A father loses his carpentry workshop after his son-in-law stops paying taxes regularly. His son Hassan, a bus driver, struggles hard to save his father’s workshop, while the daughters try to replace it with a new project inspired by the “Infitah” e...

    The Bus Driver
  • 1975
    Karnak

    Karnak (1975)

    Karnak

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    In the 1960s, the lives of three college classmates, Ismail, Zainab, and Helmy, take a dark turn when the three of them are arrested and tortured as part of the repressive and violent practices that were employed by the General Intelligence Directora...

    Karnak