As the film goes on, qinawi gets tricked into think he is marring hannauma, but ends up in a straight jacket. A newspaper salesman at the train station in cairo develops an unhealthy. A newspaper dealer kidnaps the woman he loves, with tragic consequences. It was commanded by fleet admiral sir terrence hood. Cairo station the egyptian director youssef chahine stars in his teeming, sharpeyed populist drama, from 1958, which blends a warmhearted view of a wide array of characters and audacious social.
A newspaper salesman at the train station in cairo develops an unhealthy obsession. Broadcast station esb as an effective mass medium in. Cairo station 1958 changes the movie database tmdb. Official submission of egypt for the best foreign language film category of the 31st. The french national film institute has organised an exhibition on the late egyptian filmmaker youssef chahine together with a comprehensive retrospective of his films. While a limited number of silent films were made in egypt from 1896 with 1927s layla notable as the first full length feature, cairo s film industry became a regional force with the coming of sound.
Youssef chahines cairo station 1958 before going into the shotbyshot analysis, it is important we take a look at the movie as a whole. Nadia lutfi is a retired egyptian film actress, born on 3 january, 1934 in sohag, egypt. It was entered into the 8th berlin international fil m festival. Studio misr was founded in the late 1930s and launched the careers of many prominent egyptian actors that went on to international acclaim. Between 1930 and 1936, various small studios produced at least 44 feature films. In this new episode of 17 years of halo, my friend tyler and i play through the first level of halo 2 cairo station. Struggle of the heroes, sira al abtal, 1962, tawfik saleh. Read about the cairo station dvd and browse other dvd movies. I found this movie, it is amazing, this guy created a movie about the halo 2 campaign, its a 7 part. Her second picture was a smaller role in one of the film landmarks of its time, cairo station, the film that brought filmmaker youssef chahine to international attention and acclaim when it played in competition at the berlin film festival. This particular film takes place over the course of a day, and outlines the story of qinawi played by chahine a poor, somewhat pathetic and sexually repressed newspaper vendor in the. At least 25 people are dead and dozens have been injured after a train travelling from egypts secondlargest city of alexandria arrived at a station in the capital cairo and burst into flames. A prolific film industry has flourished on the banks of the nile since the earliest days of cinema, producing movies that have been hugely popular and immensely influential not only in egypt but across the arab world. The film focuses mainly on qinawi, a paper boy with a limp who is mocked and abused by everyone.
Cairo station is a steamy noir masterpiece of repressed sexuality, madness and violence set in the citys central train depot, cairo station earned the youssef chahine international recognition and acclaim when it was nominated for the golden bear at the berlin film festival in 1958. International fame came to egyptian actors of the era, such as omar sharif and his wife faten hamama. The egyptian director youssef chahine stars in his teeming, sharpeyed populist drama, from 1958, which blends a sympathetic view of a wide array of characters, warmhearted glimpses of their private dramas, and audacious social criticism. No list regarding the egyptian golden age is complete without a film with omar sharif in it. It was directed and narrated by mark cousins, a film critic from northern ireland, based on his 2004 book the story of film. Bibliotheca alexandrinas 100 greatest egyptian films. Not rated 1h 17min comedy, crime, drama 16 january 1962 west germany a newspaper salesman at the train station in cairo develops an unhealthy obsession with a woman who sells refreshments. Voir film regarder gratuitement the flirtation of girls vfhd full film. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Director youssef chahine studied film in pasadena, and in cairo station 1958, it is obvious that he brought a chunk of hollywood back to egypt with him. Concentrating on productions written and produced entirely in egypt, sameh fathya film critic with an encyclopedic knowledge of the history of egyptian cinemahere selects the. Roxies international noir series turns up the heat.
Stewart as egyptian earth 1962, and set in a village in rural egypt in the 1930s. The longtime leading light of egyptian cinema, youssef chahine established his international reputation with this bombshell psychosexual shocker. Action stations film action stations 02 january 1943. Shockingly, this film is a melodrama, complete with a dramatic, fifties style musical score. Cairo festival festival logo film festival old egypt ancient egypt retro posters movie posters egypt movie egyptian movies. A viewable and downloadable version of the list, complete with tracking. An odyssey is a 2011 british documentary film about the history of film, presented on television in 15 onehour chapters with a total length of over 900 minutes. If you like this movie and our channel, please subscribe. Roxies international noir series turns up the heat sfgate. It was entered into the 8th berlin international film festival. Notable titles included the night of counting the years, cairo station and the postman.
Find out everything empire knows about cairo station. Qinawi is a young man who is madly obsessed with hannuma, but she is already engaged to man named abu siri. The sociopolitical context of almusika alcarabiyyaii in cairo. The film features gregory walcott, mona mckinnon, tor johnson and maila vampira nurmi.
It is in the same battle cluster as athens station and malta station. Egypt the belly dancer and the politician full film english subtitles with nabila ebeid by khaartoum east. While a limited number of silent films were made in egypt from 1896 with 1927s layla notable as the first full length feature, cairos film industry. Cairo station, the classic film by youssef chahine fandor. In the context of egyptian film history, however, youssef. For this reason, most performing artists, even the most. During the 1930s and 1940s, songfilms alaflam alghinaiyyah were an. A prolific film industry has flourished on the banks of the nile since the earliest days of cinema, producing movies that have been hugely popular and. Alhalfout film complet vf, alhalfout streaming complet vostfr, alhalfout film en. A newspaper salesman at the train station in cairo develops an unhealthy obsession with a woman who sells refreshments. The cinema of egypt refers to the flourishing film industry based in cairo.
Rich retrospective exhibition on egyptian renowned filmmaker. While she treats kinawi in a sympathetic way and jokes with him about a possible relationship, she is actually in love with abu sri, a strong and respected porter at the station who is struggling to unionize. Youssef chahine and hind rostom in cairo station 1958. While hannuma rejects qinawi, his obsession for her grows more and more.
Cctv shows train crashing at cairo station in egypt. The film was selected as the egyptian entry for the best foreign language film at. Beyond all that it is a film of immense technical precision and of unparalleled passion, and it is unquestionably the work of a master. Cairo station, also called the iron gate is a 1958 egyptian drama film directed by youssef chahine. Along with a textbased biography and filmography, this dvd presentation of cairo station also arrives with youssef chahines short film cairo as seen by chahine 23.
The film gave viewers a deep look into the lives of egyptian families. Dubai international film festival picks top 100 arab films. This is the current edition of the list, updated to include all films in all editions of the. Action stations streaming complet streaming complet en. While at first, the film was poorly received, with people walking out of cinemas due to its exploration of sexuality, within 20 years it went on to achieve. Plan 9 from outer space originally titled grave robbers from outer space is a 1959 american science fiction film written and directed by edward d. Cairo station can be viewed as a film made in the immediate aftermath of the suez crisis, more accurately described as the tripartite aggression, as it is known in egypt, when britain and france joined with israel in an abortive invasion to seize the canal zone. Cairo station 1962 is a film about deception of people. Cairo station was assembled and put into earths orbit by vosper engineering in august 23, 2550, and officially commissioned on september 14, 2552 when it was designated as the flagship headquarters of the earth defense coordination zone. All 31 egyptian submissions for best foreign film oscar. Kinawi, a physically challenged peddler who makes his living selling newspapers in the central cairo train station, is obsessed by hannouma, an attractive young woman who sells drinks. Egyptian cinema produced acclaimed films, such as cairo station 1958, a beginning and an end 1960, and chased by dogs 1962. Concentrating on productions written and produced entirely in egypt.
Welcome to latenightgaming where we discuss modern games on a regular basis. The flirtation of girls film complet vf, the flirtation of girls streaming complet vostfr, the flirtation of girls film. Doris dowling and vittorio gassman in the 1949 film bitter rice. Egyptian cinema produced acclaimed films, such as cairo station 1958, a beginning and an end1960, and chased by dogs 1962. Sharif plays the youngest brother in a family of four, who aspires to become a police officer after his. Cairo station is a film of remarkable depth, filled with great characters and wonderful performances, and featuring a spectacularly tense score.
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