Movies: Ramses Marzouk

Commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, "To Each His Own Cinema" brought together 33 of the world's pre-eminent filmmakers to produce short pieces exploring the multifarious facets of cinema and their perspective on the...

Nubi, a wealthy man with Communist ties, sets out to find his half-brother Gamal, who has been disowned for being gay, to let him inherit his father's fortune. In the process, Nubi is supposed to kill Gamal's stepmother Raifa, a suspected drug dealer...

Following the death of her husband, Amar is left to carry out her deceased husband’s dream of building a brick house with her five children. The five boys move to Cairo to earn some money, but they struggle to make ends meet and achieve their dreams ...

The biblical tale of Joseph is told from an Egyptian perspective in this interesting character study. In this film, Joseph is called Ram. Ram, tired of his family's backward superstitious life, and tired of being picked on by his brothers, wants to g...

A portrayal of the lives of four friends who have different dreams and aspirations; Ahmed falls in love with a girl he saw once, Sayed gets in trouble when he sells the laboratory animals, Abbas who is married to a woman that doesn't love him, and Al...

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 busine...

Hatem is a corrupt police officer, who loves his neighbor Nour, who in turn loves the prosecutor, Sherif. Hatem tries to win Nour’s attention even if by force....

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 hand...

A film highlighting the issue of street children and the marginalized social class living under the pressure of economic conditions in a shanty district. Nahid escapes from her stepfather’s harassment only to become a victim of a horrible rape incide...

The diplomat Mahmoud marries the dancer Bamba and she gives birth to a daughter, Laila. His father, Ra'fat Pasha, forces him to divorce her and takes his granddaughter to raise. Bamba becomes a famous dancer, and her home becomes a meeting place for ...

Shukri Abu Al-Fadl is a legal advisor to an investment bank. He plans with his friend Youssef Alawi to plunder the bank's money. Youssef arrives in Egypt and meets the bank director, Jalal Suleiman, and appears as a strong and honorable investor. You...

Hamdy lives with his wife Nadia and her young sister Samiha. He loves his wife’s sister and decide to get rid of his wife by killing her....

(Muhammad) is a simple peasant young man who lives in a village. He works as a palm tree picker. He does his work with ease and loves his beautiful neighbour. However, he suddenly falls prey to severe pain and goes alone. He discovers that he is infe...

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...

A train driver kills his wife for cheating on him with his assistant whom he tries to kill as well. They get into a fight and fall from the train, leaving the panicked passengers heading to a disaster....

The story of the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb, through the story of Gad, a young Nubian who comes to live in Luxor and accompanies Howard Carter during his search for the tomb....

Maged, Hisham and Medhat are three friends. Medhat succeeds in finding work at a (tourist resort) in Sinai while Maged fails to (get together) with his neighbor and sweetheart Sabreen. He resorts to his friend Medhat and asks him to help him find wor...

A mentally challenged woman living through the help of neighboors,been taken advantage of and assaulted by a rich man then left for survival on her own away from people she knew....

Omar Harb runs a gambling casino. A quiet young man lands a job at the casino, despite his family's abhorrence and disapproval, to get the money necessary for his marriage. He excels at work and catches the attention of the manager who chooses him fo...

The movie revolves around the theme of "Vendetta" which lies within Adam since his son was killed on his wedding ceremony. He waits for 20 years to take revenge from the son of Orwas on his wedding ceremony. But, can Adam avoid loving the boy he watc...