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Youssef Chahine,
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: Not Rated
: Fox Lorber
: Drama, Foreign, Africa, Algeria, Egypt
: 133 min.
: Arabic
: English
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Youssef Chahine directed this drama about lovers struggling to find happiness in Egypt during the chaos of World War II. Yehia (Mohsen Mohiedine) is a teenage boy who is fascinated with the glamour of Hollywood movies, and he escapes into a rich fantasy world to free himself from the horror around him. But as he learns more about the horrors of the Nazi occupation of Europe, it becomes harder for him to ignore life's grim realities, especially after he falls in love with a local girl. Meanwhile, a Jewish woman living nearby becomes involved with a man who is Muslim, and a gay soldier from England has an affair with a wealthy Arab. Iskanderija ... Lih? was followed by two sequels, Hadota Misreya and Iskindiriah Kaman Oue Kaman. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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| Egypt during WWII
by talltale
July 20, 2004 - 4:05 PM PDT
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| ALEXANDRIA... WHY? is the least of the several Chahine films I've seen but still worth the time of any international movie buff. Chahine always has problems with melodrama, and here (in one of his earlier movies) he let's it run away with him almost entirely. The most interesting part of the movie for a westerner is its depiction of the mixed feelings Alexandrians had about World War II: should they support the Allies or the Germans/Italians? This is fascinating, but much else in the film has a very "beginner" feel. The leading boy/man gives a performance that wavers between naive/cute and excruciating. The last shot, however, is funny, charming and appropriate. |
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