Bassem Samra
Grad,
egipatski film
LA VILLE
/ EL MEDINA
Godina
proizvodnje: 1999.
Glumačke
ambicije i snovi da postane filmska zvijezda mladog Egipćanina vode u
Francusku. To je zgrozilo njegovog oca koji bi radije da mu sin ode u Saudijsku
Arabiju i obogati se...
Trajanje: 106 min.
Uloge: Bassem Samra, Ahmed Fouad Selim, Abla Kamel
Redatelj: Yousry
Nasrallah
Žanr: drama
Bassem Samra
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Date of Birth
16 October 1966, Dakahlia,
Egypt
Loves horses.
Worked as high school teacher for a while.
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Bassem Samra
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Bassem Samra was born in the village of (Al Saff) in Giza. He has earned an
(industrial diploma). His (cinematic career) began with his participation in
the documentary film (“Al Qahira Munawara bi Ahlaha”). He has worked as a
teacher and (an autobiographical film has been made about his life titled
(“Sibyyan wa Banat”). The film is a lengthy
documentary directed by Yosra Nasr Allah. He has also worked on several
documentaries including. (“Amir min Misr”). He received the (Carthage film festival award) for (his work
on the film) (“Al Madina”).
Born on: 16 October 1966 الدقهلية
Nationality: Egyptian
Bassem Samra
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Defended artist Bassem Samra for his film "after
signed," saying: "if the film failed to was like Egypt in a number of
festivals such as" The Abu Dhabi and Luxor "and all international
festivals and large, how we say that the film fails?", According to the
website of dawn.
Samra expressed his
admiration for his film "signed" and describing him as the film
world, and that of the films that will remain in the memory of history forever.
He attributed the tan
that the reason for the decline in film in the Egyptian market that he had put
in very difficult circumstances, after people came from Joe, demonstrations and
revolts that led to its decline as we saw it.
It is worth
mentioning, is made film transition experienced by Egypt now, especially after the January
25 revolution beginning of events that take place with the referendum process
and even choose the next president. Film review the votes and political
currents now and wondering what is the dream of Egyptian youth at this stage? How seeks to achieve this dream? ...
Following events in the context of drama where the girl Reem "Menna
Shalabi" a political activist working in one of the advertising companies
and decide which to take to the streets to work on field research to uncover
what is really going on where he met as tan "Mahmoud," which
suffering from poverty, oppression and narrow hand.
Film directed by
Yousry Nasrallah, written by Omar Shama and Yousry Nasrallah.
Unlocking the mysteries of Egypt in Tribeca
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By Rania Richardson
I’ve never been to Egypt, but grew up amidst camel
saddles and hookahs from my mother’s travels. Stories of men in turbans, the
Sahara, and mysteries surrounding the pyramids fueled my imagination, which may
explain why the selections from the “Hollywood
of the Arab World” stood out. Equally intriguing is the fact that these movies
were made in a country not widely known for its filmmaking.
As it turns out, three films deservedly caught my eye: “The
Aquarium,” in the narrative feature competition, “Marina of the Zabbaleen,” a documentary by an
emerging filmmaker, and “At Day’s End,” a student short. Together, these
exceptional films create an interesting, ersatz portrait of modern Egyptian
life. A fourth film, “Whatever Lola Wants,” though a French-Moroccan
co-production, is partially set in Cairo
and adds another dimension to the picture.
The 2006 Festival screened “The Yacoubian Building,” a
milestone in Egyptian film history as the most expensive production to date.
With an all-star cast, the controversial three-hour epic tackles taboo subjects
such as homosexuality, prostitution, drugs, and Islamist terrorism. Director
Marwan Hamed was honored with the Festival’s best new filmmaker award.
The movie marked a new climate of relaxed censorship and
tolerance in the traditionally conservative society. It generated reports of a
revival of Egyptian cinema, with the loosening of government restrictions that
pushed the industry into decline for many years. In this new era, a groundswell
of filmmakers are breaking new barriers, such as Yousry Nasrallah, director of
“The Aquarium” (Genenet al Asmak).
Taking place around Cairo’s
landmark grotto gardens, with maze-like caverns and hidden fish tanks, “The
Aquarium” is a structural and narrative puzzle, echoing its labyrinthine
setting. The complex story follows the parallel lives of two lonely singles who
circle around life, in disconnection, and live through the suffering of others.
Laila (Hend Sabry from “The Yacoubian Building”) hosts a late-night radio
program where listeners confess their secrets. Youssef (Amr Waked from
“Syriana”) is an anesthesiologist who moonlights in an illegal abortion clinic.
Their paths cross after Youssef calls in to Laila’s program with details of his
life. Twin specters of corruption and Islamist fundamentalism haunt their
sophisticated world of nightclubs and sex.
Tribeca’s artistic director Peter Scarlet says, “‘The
Aquarium’ is the kind of film we don’t see much anymore, made as a kind of
parable, the way filmmakers in Eastern Europe
used to work. For me it’s a film about political, sexual, and social
repression.” A demonstration at the end of the film depicts activists rallying
against the possibility of President Mubarak’s son inheriting his father’s
position in a fraudulent regime.
Director Yousry Nasrallah is the protégé of Youssef Chahine, Egypt’s most important director.
Born in 1952, Nasrallah studied statistics at Cairo University
before embarking on a career as a film critic and director. “The Aquarium”
premiered earlier this year at the Berlin International Film Festival and
recently opened in Egypt.
“Marina of the Zabbaleen”
revolves around a village of refuse, created by poverty-stricken trash
collectors in Cairo.
A gorgeous film about garbage, the documentary is beautifully shot and
poetically told. It follows six-year-old Marina,
whose family members are part of the “Zabbaleen,” or “garbage people,” employed
by the city to collect and sort debris. The industrious community bundles
newspapers and recycles and resells other waste. Marina dreams of becoming a doctor as she
lives in squalor among vermin. As Coptic Christians, the family is a minority
in the Middle East. Being of the same faith,
director Engi Wassef had special access to the people and the site.
Wassef was born in Cairo in
1980 and immigrated to the United
States as a child. After attending Harvard
and working on Wall Street, she pursued a graduate degree in film in New York, where she now
lives. In 2006, while in production with “Marina,”
her first feature, she was selected for Tribeca All Access, a program that
supports filmmakers from underrepresented communities. The film will have its
world premiere at the festival.
Following last year’s “Rise and Shine!” (Sabah
Al Fol!) starring Hend Sabry as a woman searching for lost apartment keys over
the course of the nine-minute film, director Sherif El Bendray returns to
Tribeca with another student short, “At Day’s End.” This quiet, 15-minute film
is beautifully composed and deliberately paced. Bessem Samra, from the cast of
“The Aquarium,” plays the modern son in a traditional family, where an aging
father confronts his loss of vitality. Almost always turned on, the hypnotizing
old television stands in for the family hearth, as the family maintains their
quotidian existence. Born in 1978, El Bendry studied directing at the Higher
Cinema Institute and worked as assistant director on a number of commercial
features in Egypt.
Shot in Moroccan studios, cross-cultural “Whatever Lola
Wants” is said to evoke a realistic Cairo in the
story of an aspiring dancer from the Midwest
who realizes her dreams when she travels there. 25-year-old Lola (Laura Ramsey)
leaves behind dance auditions and her postal job in Brooklyn
in pursuit of a former lover. Instead of romance in Cairo, she finds a legendary belly dance
instructor to mentor her in her new passion for oriental dance. Lola becomes a
sensation as a blonde American performer in the Middle
East, in this comic drama. Dancing, costumes, and an uplifting
soundtrack round out the crowd-pleaser, whose title originates from the
Broadway musical, “Damn Yankees.”
The film premiered at the Dubai International Film Festival
and opened theatrically in Paris
on April 16. It is the English-language debut for Paris-based Moroccan helmer
Nabil Ayouch. Born in 1969, Ayouch has received a number of awards for his
features and founded organizations such as the Moroccan Coalition for Cultural
Diversity and Media Films Development.