Khan El Khalili
{{short description|1967 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Khan El Khalili
خان الخليلي
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| director = Atef Salem
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| starring = Samira Ahmed
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| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1967|7}}
| runtime = 120 minutes
| country = Egypt
| language = Arabic
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Khan El Khalili ({{langx|arz|خان الخليلي}}) is a 1967 Egyptian drama film directed by Atef Salem. It was entered into the 5th Moscow International Film Festival.{{cite web|url=http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1967 |title=5th Moscow International Film Festival (1967) |access-date=16 December 2012 |work=MIFF |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116194759/http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1967 |archive-date=16 January 2013 }} It is based on Naguib Mahfouz’s 1945 novel of the same name.
Cast
- Samira Ahmed (Nawal)
- Imad Hamdi (Ahmed)
- Hassan Youssef (Rushdi)
- Abdel Waress Assar (Walid)
- Hussein al-Meliguy
- Taheyya Kariokka
- Mohamed Reda (Professor Nono)
- Mohammed Tawfik
- Anwar al-Khawan
- Amal Zayed (mother)
- Helmi Hilaly
- Saad Qutb
- Zuhair Sabry
- Abdel Ghani Nagdi
- Hussein Ismail
- Abdelmonem Ismail
- Abdel Moneim Bassioni
- Muhammad Mandour
- Tawfik El Deken
- Abdel Khalek Saleh
- Ali Al Ghandour
- Samia Roshdi
- Abdel Azim Abdel Haq
- Abdel Bader Al Deen
- Atef Makram (child)
- George Sidhom
- Nahed Sabri
Synopsis
Ahmed is forced to interrupt his studies to support his family and help his younger brother Rushdi complete his education. He moves with his family from the El Sakkakini neighborhood of Cairo to the area of the Khan el-Khalili bazaar, where he gets to know the residents, including a professor named Nono who has lived there his entire life. Despite Rushdi’s frivolous life of diversions, he completes his education and becomes Ahmed’s sole accomplishment, albeit vicariously. Ahmed begins looking for love and finds it in their neighbor Nawal, but experiences a rude awakening when she falls for Rushdi. Looking for distraction, Ahmed goes with Nono to live with his ne’er-do-well friend Walid. Rushdi contracts tuberculosis as a result of his disreputable behavior, leaving everyone’s life in shambles.
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0275452|Khan El Khalili}}
- [https://elcinema.com/en/work/1011098 El Cinema page]
- [https://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/280379 Kinopoisk page]
- [https://letterboxd.com/film/khan-el-khalili Letterboxd page]
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Category:1960s Arabic-language films
Category:Egyptian black-and-white films
Category:Films directed by Atef Salem
Category:Films based on works by Naguib Mahfouz
Category:Arabic-language drama films
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