Monsieur le Directeur (Egyptian Arabic: الأسطي المدير, translit: Elosta El Modeer, aliases: Handyman General Manager or The Engraver Manager) is a 1988 Egyptian drama film starring Salah Zulfikar and Laila Taher.[1][2][3][4][5]
| Monsieur le Directeur | |
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 Film Poster | |
| Egyptian Arabic | الأسطي المدير |
| Directed by | Shafik Shameya |
| Written by | Katia Thabet Samir Awad |
| Produced by | Mamdouh El Leithy |
| Starring | Salah Zulfikar |
| Cinematography | Adel Abdelazeem |
| Music by | Hany Shenooda |
Release date |
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| Country | Egypt |
| Language | Egyptian Arabic |
Synopsis edit
The family of Hassanein, the senior government employee, suffers from financial troubles, making him unable to meet the needs of his family, a rich family proposes to marry their son Medhat to their daughter Mervat, so that the father falls into a financial predicament, which forces him to pursue the profession of engraver, in order to be able to meet his family's needs, which causes many problems.
Cast edit
- Salah Zulfikar
- Laila Taher
- Fatma Mazhar
- Mahmoud El-Gendy
- Mustafa Metwalli
- Magdy Imam
- Azza Gamal
- Soad Hussein
- Nazim Shaarawy
- Gamal Ismail
- Child: Raafat Maher
- Abul Fotouh Amara
- Anwar Madkour
- Thanaa Lamloum
- Mustafa al-Kawawi
- Farouz al-Shahawi
- Nazmi Rizk
- Maysa Fathi
- Samir Rostom
- Hamdi Sharif
- Awatef Abdel Fattah
- Muhammadin Nassar
- MousA Salem
- Ahmed Abu Obeya
- Muhammad al-Qassas
- Sawsan Salem
- Abdel Aziz Issa
- Ahmed Badr
- Mahmoud Hafnawi
- Nawal Hashem
- Farida Abdel Aal
- Tawfiq al-Kurdi
Reception edit
The film was a critical success and discussed an important issue concerning economic problems for Egyptian families.[6]
References edit
- ^ Movie - Al-Usta Al-Modeer - 1988 Cast، Video، Trailer، photos، Reviews، Showtimes, retrieved 2021-08-10
- ^ الأسطى المدير (1988), retrieved 2021-09-21
- ^ Data (ABCD), Arabs Big Centric. "The Engraver Manager | Karohat". karohat.com. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
- ^ المصور (in Arabic). مؤسسة دار الهلال. May 1985.
- ^ al-Sīnimā wa-al-nās: el Cinema wal nas (in Arabic). al-Jamʻīyah al-Misṛīyah li-Fann al-Sīnimā. 1987.
- ^ "10 times Salah Zulfakar pioneered best scenes in Egyptian cinema". EgyptToday. 2017-11-13. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
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