Alexandria… Why? (movie)
إسكندرية ليه؟- User score: 6.2
- Production country: Algeria, Egypt
- Producer: Youssef Chahine
- Production companies: MISR International Films, Algerian Television
- Genre: Drama, War
- Release date: 8/23/1979
- Run time: 133 min.
Movie description
Amid the poverty, death, and suffering caused by World War II, 18-year-old Yehia retreats into a private world of fantasy and longing. Obsessed with Hollywood, he dreams of studying filmmaking in America but struggles to pursue his dream, given the constraints of his life in the middle class and the horrors of war.
