Movies: Maher Essam

  • 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
  • 2014
    Salem: His Sister's Father

    Salem: His Sister's Father (2014)

    Salem: His Sister's Father

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    Salem is a poor street vendor who has been taking care of his sister since their parents died. After the 25th of January revolution, his life turns into a nightmare when he gets into trouble with both thugs and policemen....

    Salem: His Sister's Father
  • 1986
    The Sixth Day

    The Sixth Day (1986)

    The Sixth Day

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    Egypt, 1947: in the midst of a cholera outbreak. A washerwoman tries to take care of her family, while at the same time resisting the advances of a charming suitor who's half her age....

    The Sixth Day
  • 2013
    Lion Heart

    Lion Heart (2013)

    Lion Heart

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    Kidnapped as a child and raised in the circus, a young lion tamer's tough side emerges when he gets entangled in an underworld murder mystery....

    Lion Heart
  • 1987
    The Tiger and The Female

    The Tiger and The Female (1987)

    The Tiger and The Female

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    Officer Wahid is assigned to work undercover to enter the ring of the largest drug trafficker, he uses the help of the repentant night girl Naima, to impersonate the long-disappeared daughter of the drug leader, who welcomes them into his home before...

    The Tiger and The Female
  • 2013
    The Bulbul's Nest

    The Bulbul's Nest (2013)

    The Bulbul's Nest

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    A comedy about a taxi driver who wants to achieve his goal of becoming a famous singer. He finds himself inside the world of nightclubs and befriends a belly dancer who helps him on his way to stardom where he faces fierce competition....

    The Bulbul's Nest
  • 2011
    18 Days

    18 Days (2011)

    18 Days

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    10 filmmakers provide 10 separate stories focusing on the 18 days of the 2011 Egyptian revolution. Ten stories they have experienced, heard, or imagined....

    18 Days
  • 2001
    Marriage by Presidential Decree

    Marriage by Presidential Decree (2001)

    Marriage by Presidential Decree

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    An employee in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs decides to marry a girl of a higher social status. At a moment of recklessness,he sends a wedding invitation to the President, and he responds to the invitation. Preparations are under way to receive the...

    Marriage by Presidential Decree
  • 1985
    Fawazia The Bourgeoisie

    Fawazia The Bourgeoisie (1985)

    Fawazia The Bourgeoisie

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    The film focuses on the relationship between people with different political views, through the residents of one local region, highlighting some important issues such as ignorance, poverty, and corruption, which leads to the adoption of misconception...

    Fawazia The Bourgeoisie
  • 2019
    Qarmat in Trouble

    Qarmat in Trouble (2019)

    Qarmat in Trouble

    7.42019HD

    Qarmouti builds a graveyard for his ancestors, and makes it a paid tourists attraction; this causes him lots of problems with the government. Meantime, a journalist videos an antiquities smuggling operation and the tape ends up with Qarmouti who find...

    Qarmat in Trouble
  • 1987
    The Talisman

    The Talisman (1987)

    The Talisman

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    Protagonist Mahmoud is a high school teacher, who lives with his entire family in a tiny apartment. The landlord is desperately trying to force them out to the point of enlisting the devil’s help. Like “Al-Ins wal Djinn,” the film’s opening scenes es...

    The Talisman
  • 2007
    Chaos, This Is?

    Chaos, This Is? (2007)

    Chaos, This Is?

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    Hatem is a corrupt police officer, who loves his neighbor Nour, who in turn loves the prosecutor, Sherif. Hatem tries to win Nour’s attention even if by force....

    Chaos, This Is?
  • 2001
    Silence... We're Rolling

    Silence... We're Rolling (2001)

    Silence... We're Rolling

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    Malak is a star singer who lives with her mother and her daughter, Loula, in her villa after her divorce. She falls in love with an opportunist called Lam'ey, so her daughter sets out to expose him with the help of her lover, a driver called Nasser, ...

    Silence... We're Rolling
  • 2004
    The Gate of the Sun

    The Gate of the Sun (2004)

    The Gate of the Sun

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    Yousry Nasrallah's powerful adaptation of Lebanese writer Elias Khoury's epic novel of fifty years of Palestinian dispossession, exile, and resistance. The film follows the flight of Younes, his wife Nahila, and those around them, from their village ...

    The Gate of the Sun
  • 1999
    Closed Doors

    Closed Doors (1999)

    Closed Doors

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    During the Gulf War, Fatma works as a maid for a wealthy man, and her son Mohammed is suffering from oppression by his teacher Mansour, who's having an affair with Fatima, taking advantage of her difficult circumstances. Mohammad gets drawn to extrem...

    Closed Doors
  • 2018
    We're Sorry, Sir

    We're Sorry, Sir (2018)

    We're Sorry, Sir

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    A drama that depicts the life of a group of young people as they decide to be of use to society, but their benevolence is met with malevolence and threats....

    We're Sorry, Sir
  • 2015
    Professional Guys

    Professional Guys (2015)

    Professional Guys

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    Seba'y is an unsuccessful football coach in the Dokki Sports Club. As he tries to marry his sweetheart Osha, his final chance to prove himself to her father lies in coaching the women's football team, but he discovers a lot of corruption by an import...

    Professional Guys
  • 2002
    عودة مدرسة المشاغبين

    عودة مدرسة المشاغبين (2002)

    عودة مدرسة المشاغبين

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    عودة مدرسة المشاغبين
  • 2001
    High School Freshmen

    High School Freshmen (2001)

    High School Freshmen

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    When Surgeon Hamza commits a mistake that leads to the death of a child, he's sentenced to jail and prevented from practicing his profession. The widow Rawia enters his isolated life after meeting her in an auction and then he meets three young teen...

    High School Freshmen
  • 2014
    A Girl from Dar El Salam

    A Girl from Dar El Salam (2014)

    A Girl from Dar El Salam

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    The film follows Manal, a young girl living in the poor town of Dar Elsalam in Cairo. After she graduates from a commerce secondary school, she decides to find a job and live individually. When a firnd offers her a job as a maid in an old man's house...

    A Girl from Dar El Salam