Alejandría, aún y siempre

Alexandria, Again and Forever (original)

6.5

/10

1h 49mDrama Romance

Set in 1987 against the backdrop of a hunger strike by the Egyptian film industry, Chahine himself steps in to play Yehia, the famed Egyptian director whose life is chronicled in "Alexandria, Why?" and "An Egyptian Story". Obsessed with Amr, the handsome actor he discovered and cast as his alter-ego in parts one and two of The Alexandria Trilogy, Yehia pressures Amr to star in various film projects that change even as Yehia's perception of the young actor begins to change. He first casts Amr as Hamlet, which the actor deems too demanding for his talents, then as the lead in a musical biopic of demigod Alexander the Great, who founded the city of Alexandria in 332 B.C.

Spoken language: ar

Starring Youssef Chahine, Yousra, Hussein Fahmy, Amr Abdul Gelil, Hesham Selim, Taheya Cariocca, Hoda Soltan, Rajaa Hussain, Seif Abdelrahman, Abla Kamel

Watch "Alejandría, aún y siempre" from streaming services Netflix, Criterion Channel released in 1989. It's a drama and romance movie, and has a rating of 6.5 out of 10 from Imdb which is usually fine for this kind of movie.