Sherif Arafa — Director (13)

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Halim (2006)
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other title: حليم
The film displays the life of legendary singer(Abd Alhalim Hafez) in various stages. Depicting many sides of his artistic and personal life since his early childhood.

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Sweet Oblivion (1996)
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other title: Naoum Fil Assal / النوم في العسل …
Officer Magdy investigates the suicide of a groom on his wedding night. He knows that the groom was impotent. Later he realizes that impotence is becoming an epidemic that spreads among all men. However, no one wants to declare that out of shame.

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The Crime (2022)
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other title: الجريمة / Le Crime
Set in the 70's, A middle-aged man, Adel is raised by his strict grandfather who he was deeply inspired by. he met his first love, Nadia who later became his wife and the mother of his son. After this, a chain of events lead to Adel committing many crimes, which are investigated by Amgad Al Husseiny and later, a series of surprises are revealed.

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Smile, The Photo Comes Out Better (1998)
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other title: اضحك الصورة تطلع حلوة / 笑一笑,你会更动人 …
Photographer Sayed Gharib leaves his hometown and moves Cairo to be close to the Faculty of Medicine that his daughter Tahani attends. Tahani clashes with the aristocratic society around her as love blossoms between her and the son of a famous businessman

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Birds of Darkness (1995)
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other title: 어둠의 새들 / طيور الظلام
Three lawyers, brought by friendship but separated by interests, Fathi Nofal, who turns from a committed lawyer to an opportunist, while Ali al-Zanati joins religious extremist groups to make financial gains , and the third Mohsen only works as a simple employee away from conflict.

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The Island (2007)
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other title: الجزيرة / 島嶼 …
Mansour El-Hefny’s wealthy family rule an Upper Egyptian island. Some police officers facilite their arms dealing in exchange for information, and corrupt parliament members use their immunity to par-take in their drug trade.

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The Headmaster (2000)
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other title: الناظر
Ashour, Salaah’s father, runs his school with severity and cruelty. after Ashour's death, Salah inherits the job and lets Sayed, his deputy, take charge. Hussein the teacher makes a great effort to guide Salah to succeed in managing the school and achieve good results, while salah is dealing with his trust issues and his need to prove himself by getting out of his father's shadow. with the help of Hussien, his girlfriend Wafaa, and his two friends Atef and Lemby .. can he run the school his own way?

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Terrorism and the Kebab (1992)
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other title: 恐怖主义与烤肉 / Al-irhab wal kabab …
Ahmed heads to Tahrir compound to extract papers to move his son to another school. There he clashes with the administrative obstacles. He suddenly finds himself involved in carrying a weapon and taking hostages at the government building and becomes a terrorist in the process.

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The Great Fava Beans of China (2004)
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谢里夫·阿拉法赫 actor: Mohamed Henedi / Hajjaj Abdul Azim …
other title: 伟大的中国蚕豆 / فول الصين العظيم …
Mohy Al-Sharqawi is a young man whose grandfather and his uncles form a smuggling gang. As Mohy is a coward who cannot go along with them, he goes to live with his mother and step-father but they send him to China to represent Egypt in a cooking competition which gets him into a lot of troubles

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Escaping Tel Aviv (2009)
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other title: テルアビブを脱出せよ / Welad el am …
A seemingly ordinary life is shattered when a woman uncovers a hidden truth about her husband, plunging her into a high-stakes international conflict. As loyalties blur and danger escalates, an Egyptian intelligence officer is tasked with a critical mission where failure is not an option.