FILM "Alexandria...Why?" film screening as part of Retrospective films by Youssef Chahin at Zizo - Lebanese Restro Bar, K- 18,22 Connaught Place > 7pm onwards on 18th February 2016

Time : 7:00 pm Add to Calendar 18/02/2016 19:00 18/02/2016 21:13 Asia/Kolkata FILM "Alexandria...Why?" film screening as part of Retrospective films by Youssef Chahin Event Page : http://www.delhievents.com/2016/02/film-alexandriawhy-film-screening-as_15.html Zizo - Lebanese Restro Bar, K-18, 22 Connaught Circus, Connaught Place, New Delhi, Delhi 110001 DD/MM/YYYY

Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served Basis)

Venue : Zizo - Lebanese Restro Bar, K-18, 22 Connaught Circus, Connaught Place, New Delhi, Delhi 110001
Landmark : Opp PVR Plaza Cinema
Venue : Map | Rajiv Chowk Metro Station (Yellow Line and Blue Line) Exit Gate - 2 & 3
Area : Connaught Place (CP)

Event Description : "Alexandria...Why?" film screening as part of Retrospective films by Youssef Chahin

Synopsis : Youssef Chahine directed this drama about lovers struggling to find happiness in Egypt during the chaos of World War II. Yehia (Mohsen Mohiedine) is a teenage boy who is fascinated with the glamour of Hollywood movies, and he escapes into a rich fantasy world to free himself from the horror around him. But as he learns more about the horrors of the Nazi occupation of Europe, it becomes harder for him to ignore life's grim realities, especially after he falls in love with a local girl. Meanwhile, a Jewish woman living nearby becomes involved with a man who is Muslim, and a gay soldier from England has an affair with a wealthy Arab.

Director: Youssef Chahine

Year: 1979

Film Duration : 2 hour 13 minutes

Language: Arabic with English subtitles

Background : We would like to share with you that Zizo, the authentic Lebanese Restro Bar is all set to evoke the golden age of Arab/Egyptian Cinema & Glamour. Through a retrospective of 4 of Youssef Chahine's best movies. Youssef Chahine a multi talented and multi faceted personality of Egyptian cinema, who in his six decade long career opened up a window to most of us outside middle east to Arab/Egyptian films for us.

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