Alexandria Again and Forever (movie)
إسكندرية كمان وكمان- User score: 4.7
- Production country: Egypt, France
- Producer: Youssef Chahine
- Production companies: MISR International Films, Paris Classics Productions, La Sept Cinéma
- Genre: Drama
- Release date: 12/4/1989
- Run time: 105 min.
Movie description
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.
