
120 minutes
9/27/1982
After we last see him in "Alexandria, Why?" Egyptian filmmaker Yehia Mourad is in his thirties, and successful in his work, he has grown distant from his wife and children and suffers a symbolic blockage of the heart while shooting the final scenes of his latest film. After being flown to England for evaluation, it's determined that Yehia must undergo emergency surgery. Fact and fiction blend seamlessly—with healthy doses of cleverly absurdist fantasy—as the film explores the various personalities and forces that have made Yehia (and Youssef Chahine) the man he has become.

Nour El-Sherif
as Yehia Shukri Murad

Yousra
as Amal

Soheir El-Bably
as The Mother

Magda El Khatib
as The Sister

Mahmoud El Meligy

Tawfiq Al-Deqen

Laila Hamada
as Yehia's Sister

Mohamed Mounir

Mahmoud El Gendy
as Co-director

Abdelaziz Makhyoun

Sanaa Younes

Ragaa Al-Giddawy
Abdullah Mahmoud

Ragaa Hussein

Mohsen Mohey ElDein
as Young Yehia

Youssef Chahine
as Old Yehia

Seif Abdelrahman
as Abdel Hadi

Nabila El Sayed

Souad Nasr

Hassan Hussein

Gerry Sundquist

Magda Al Sabahi
as Magda

Ahmed Mehrez

Alaa Awad

Noha ElAmroussi

Saeed Abdel Ghani

Yousry Nasrallah

Saeed Al Saleh

Ali Al Sharif

Mimi Chakib

Laila Sheir

Ahmed Salama

Khairiya A-Mansour

Ahmed Abdelhady

Ismet Raafat

Muhammad Khalil

Ali Ezz ElDein

Hanan Adel

Umm Kulthum