Alexandrie... New York

Jul 7 2004 N/A 2h 8m
Drama, Music, Romance

An enthralling look at the relationship between America and the Arab World from an Arab perspective. It tells the story of Yehia, a renowned Egyptian filmmaker whose life has been shaped by a pair of disrupted love affairs, one with an American woman named Ginger, the other with America itself.

Plot

Egyptian film director Yehia encounters his first love Ginger as he was being celebrated in New York. Back then they were 19 years old. The American Dream was the thing of the 20th century. Yehia, the boy from Alexandria, and Ginger, the American gal, were students at Pasadena Playhouse.40 years later, they are back together but the world has changed and the American Dream is no longer what it used to be. Yehia finds out that he had begotten an American child, a boy. Through a boisterous epic in which heroes love, sing, dance, laugh and cry, Youssef Chahine reconsiders his past and his ambiguous relationship to America which he loved so much.

Written by

Youssef Chahine, Khaled Youssef

Directed by

Youssef Chahine

Cast

Mahmoud Hemida, Ahmed Yehia, Youssra

Crew

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Production Countries

Egypt

Languages

Awards

1 nomination

Scores
# of Votes
652
Average Rating
5.7 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA