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1979 · 133 mins · Arabic
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Directed by
Youssef Chahine
Starring
Ahmad Bedir, Abdelaziz Makhyoun, Osama Abbas, Ahmed Salama, Ahmed Abdel Wareth, Seif Abdelrahman

Amid the poverty, death and suffering of World War II, 18‑year‑old Yehia withdraws into a private realm of fantasy and yearning. Fascinated by Hollywood, he longs to study filmmaking in America, yet his middle‑class background and the brutal realities of war continuously thwart his aspirations, forcing him to confront both external hardship and internal longing.

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