Organized by - Panorama Of The European Festival

Misr International Films (Youssef Chahine & Co.) presents
THE 1st PANORAMA OF EUROPEAN FILM EGYPT
The European cinema as never before shown in Cairo. A journey through an old continent and a glimpse of
the new world. Films for all ages. A selection of the most evocative documentaries released in cinemas.
Encounters and debates with film stars and filmmakers. Special rates for students and unions.
Cinema Galaxy (Manial), from September 15th to 28th, 2004.
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Organized by
Misr International Films
(Youssef Chahine & Co)
Under the auspices of
M. Farouk Hosni
(Minister of Culture)
With the assistance of
The Egyptian Ministry of Culture
The Egyptian Film Centre
Europa Cinema
Unifrance
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs
CNC
The French Cultural Centre in Cairo
Sponsors
Nile FM
Nogoum FM
Mena House Oberoi
Egypt Air
FEATURE FILM
APRES VOUS
FRANCE - 2003
DIRECTOR : PIERRE SALVADORI
STARRING : DANIEL AUTEUIL, JOSE GARCIA, SANDRINE
KIBERLAIN
GENRE : COMEDY
RUNNING TIME : 110 MIN
LANGUAGE: FRENCH
Antoine works in a bar in Paris. One evening on his way home
from work, he intervenes when a man tries to commit suicide.
He feels strangely guilty about having saved the man’s life and
constantly tries to help him, make things better. No matter
what Antoine does, he can’t get Louis’s mind off Blanche, the
woman of his dream, his sole obsession, the reason why he
wanted to die… Antoine decides to look for her, but doesn’t
let Louis know. However things don’t happen the way he
planned. Blanche isn’t alone, what’s more, she’s beautiful…
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L’AUBERGE ESPAGNOLE
FRANCE – 2002
DIRECTOR : CEDRIC KLAPISCH
STARRING : ROMAIN DURIS, JUDITH GODRECHE, CECILE DE
FRANCE, AUDREY TAUTOU
GENRE : COMEDY
RUNNING TIME : 120 MIN
LANGUAGE: FRENCH
The story of a 25 year old man who leaves France to do his
final year of study in Barcelona. He shares an apartment with
seven students who all come from different European
countries. He will encounter several adventures and life
experiences.
BON VOYAGE
FRANCE – 2003
DIRECTOR : JEAN PAUL RAPPENEAU
STARRING : ISABELLE ADJANI, GERARD DEPARDIEU, VIRGINIE
LEDOYEN, YVAN ATTAL
GENRE : COMEDY, DRAMA
RUNNING TIME : 114 MIN
LANGUAGE: FRENCH
In June 1940, while government ministers, journalists,
aristocrats, demimondaines and spies of all kinds meet up at
the Splendid Hotel in Bordeaux, a young man must choose
between a famous actress and an enthusiastic student,
between politicians and thugs, between the carefree life of
youth and adult responsibility.
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BUENA
VISTA SOCIAL CLUB
GERMANY – 1999
DIRECTOR : WIM WENDERS
STARRING : COMPAY SEGUNDO, IBRAHIM FERRER, RUBEN
GONZALEZ
GENRE : DOCUMENTARY, MUSIC
RUNNING TIME : 100 MIN
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH, SPANISH
Aging Cuban musicians whose talents had been virtually
forgotten following Castro's takeover of Cuba, are brought out
of retirement by Ry Cooder, who travelled to Havana in order
to bring the musicians together, resulting in triumphant
performances of extraordinary music, and resurrecting the
musicians' careers.
DAME LA MANO
NETHERLANDS – 2003
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DIRECTOR : HEDDY HONIGMANN
STARRING : –
GENRE : DOCUMENTARY
RUNNING TIME : 120 MIN
LANGUAGE: -
Every Sunday night, the “Esquina Habanera” restaurant in
New Jersey is transformed into a dance club where exiled
Cubans living in the New York area gather to dance to the
most sensual of all Cuban music: the rumba.
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DANCER IN THE DARK
DANEMARK, SWEDEN, FRANCE, ITALY, GERMANY,
NORWAY – 2000
DIRECTOR : LARS VON TRIER
STARRING : BJORK, CATHERINE DENEUVE, DAVID MORSE,
PETER STORMARE
GENRE : DRAMA
RUNNING TIME : 135 MIN
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
In rural America, Selma, a Czech single mother keeps quiet
about her rapidly deteriorating sight that she can retain her
factory job and pay for an operation to prevent her son from
going blind.
DECALAGE HORAIRE
FRANCE – 2002
DIRECTOR : DANIELE THOMPSON
STARRING : JULIETTE BINOCHE, JEAN RENO, SERGI LOPEZ
GENRE : COMEDY, ROMANCE
RUNNING TIME : 90 MIN
LANGUAGE: FRENCH
Charles de Gaulle airport. The pilots are on strike. Rose is a
beautician running away from a boyfriend she no longer loves.
Felix, a businessman is on his way to a funeral in Munich and
the woman he loves. Neither of them is in a mood for an
encounter, but they just keep running into each other.
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DEPUIS QU’OTAR EST PARTI
FRANCE - 2003
DIRECTOR : JULIE BERTUCELLI
STARRING : ESTHER GORINTIN, NINO KHOMASSOURIDZE,
TEMOUR KANLANDADZE
GENRE : DRAMA
RUNNING TIME : 102 MIN
LANGUAGE: FRENCH
In nowadays Georgia, Eka is waiting to receive news from her
son who has immigrated to Paris. Her granddaughter and her
daughter are doing everything to hide his death.
ETRE ET AVOIR
FRANCE - 2002
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DIRECTOR : NICOLAS PHILIBERT
STARRING : –
GENRE : DOCUMENTARY
RUNNING TIME : 104 MIN
LANGUAGE: FRENCH
There still exists, dotted throughout rural France, one-room
schools where all local children, ranging from 3 to 10, are
taught by the same teacher in a single class. At times
withdrawn, and other times embracing life, these kids share
daily life, for better or for worse.
This film was made in one of these schools, somewhere in the
heart of the Auvergne region.
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EXILS
FRANCE – 2004
DIRECTOR : TONY GATLIF
STARRING : ROMAIN DURIS, LUBNA AZABAL, LEILA
MAKHLOUF
GENRE : DRAMA
RUNNING TIME : 103 MIN
LANGUAGE: FRENCH
One day, Zano suggests a rather crazy idea to his girlfriend
Naïma: to travel across France and Spain, heading for Algiers,
and finally discover the land that their parents had to leave
behind decades ago.
FELLINI I’M A BORN LIAR
‫ فرنسا‬،‫إيطاليا‬
ITALY, FRANCE, SCOTLAND – 2002
DIRECTOR : DAMIAN PETTIGREW
STARRING : FEDERICO FELLINI, DONALD SUTHERLAND,
TERENCE STAMP, ROBERTO BEGNINI
GENRE : RUNNING TIME : 105 MIN
LANGUAGE : -
The film features a first hand interview with the great Italian
director Federico Fellini and a good number of other
interviews with those who worked with him.
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GOODBYE LENIN !
ALLEMAGNE – 2002
DIRECTOR : WOLFANG BECKER
STARRING : DANIEL BRUHL, KATRIN STRASS,
MARIA SIMON
GENRE : DRAMA
RUNNING TIME : 118 MIN
LANGUAGE: -
After the reunification of east and west Germany, Alex fights
hard to hide all traces of spreading capitalism in east Germany
to his mother, a dedicated socialist woman, who was in coma
for eight months and awake with a weak heart.
HABLE CON ELLA !
SPAIN – 2002
DIRECTOR : PEDRO ALMODOVAR
STARRING : JAVIER CAMARA, DARIO GRANDINETTI,
LEONOR WATLING, ROSARIO FLORES
GENRE : DRAMA
RUNNING TIME : 112 MIN
LANGUAGE: SPANISH
While taking care of two women living in coma, a nurse and a
journalist become friends. Gradually we discover the life of
those four persons.
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HARD GOODBYES : MY FATHER
GREECE – 2002
DIRECTOR : PENNY PANAYOTOPOULOU
STARRING : GIORGOS KARAYANNIS, STELLOS MAINAS,
IONNA TSIRIGOULI
GENRE : DRAMA
RUNNING TIME : 108 MIN
LANGUAGE: GREEK
Elias, a ten year old boy who lives in Athens in the late 60’s,
suddenly loses his father. The members of the family try, each
in his own particular way, to deal with the unexpected event…
except for the little boy. He cannot shoulder the burden of
this separation. He cannot grasp what has happened. He
refuses to accept that his father has really died and continues
to behave as though he is waiting for him to return from one
of his usual business trips.
LE MONDE SELON BUSH
FRANCE – 2004
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DIRECTOR : WILLIAM KAREL
STARRING : –
GENRE : DOCUMENTARY
RUNNING TIME : 90 MIN
LANGUAGE: FRENCH, ENGLISH
Who is George W. Bush? This film speaks about the thousand
days of his presidency, the September 11 attacks and the
mess of the war in Iraq. It sums up America today and tries to
understand how a small group of men, under the influence of
neo-conservative hawks, has taken control of American
foreign policy.
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LES INVASIONS BARBARES
CANADA, FRANCE - 2003
DIRECTOR : DENYS ARCAND
STARRING : REMY GIRARD, STEPHANE ROUSSEAU,
MARIE-JOSEE CROZE
GENRE : COMEDY
RUNNING TIME : 99 MIN
LANGUAGE: FRENCH, ENGLISH
Rémy, divorces and in his fifties, is in hospital. His ex-wife,
Louise, puts through an urgent call to their son, Sébastien,
who lives in London. Sébastien hesitates – his father and he
have had nothing to say to each other for a long time. He
finally accepts to return to Montreal to help his mother and
offer his father support.
MOI CESAR,
10 ANS ½, 1M39
FRANCE – 2003
DIRECTOR : RICHARD BERRY
STARRING : JULES SITRUK, MARIA DE MEDEIROS,
MABO KOUYATE
GENRE : COMEDY
RUNNING TIME : 91 MIN
LANGUAGE: FRENCH
César Petit, ten and a half years old, lives in Paris with his
parents. He becomes interested in a pretty classmate named
Sarah, but she seems to have eyes only for his best friend,
Morgan. Morgan finds out that his father, whom he’s never
met lives in England. Along with César and Sarah, he develops
a plan for them to cross the English Channel without their
respective parent’s knowledge, to find his father.
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MR IBRAHIM ET
LES FLEURS DU CORAN
FRANCE – 2003
DIRECTOR : FRANCOIS DUPEYRON
STARRING : OMAR EL SHARIF, PIERRE BOULANGER,
GILBERT MELKI
GENRE : COMEDY, DRAMA
RUNNING TIME : 94 MIN
LANGUAGE: FRENCH, TURKISH
13 year old Momo is left to his own devices. He has one
friend, Mr. Ibrahim, the Arab grocer on “Bleue” street. But
appearances can be deceiving: the “Bleue” street isn’t blue,
the Arab isn’t an Arab and life isn’t necessarily sad.
TOUT PRES DES ETOILES
FRANCE – 2002
DIRECTOR : NILS TAVERNIER
STARRING : GENRE : DOCUMENTARY
RUNNING TIME : 100 MIN
LANGUAGE: FRENCH
In 1972, Ms Claude Bessy, principal dancer at the Paris Opera,
was appointed director of the Dance School of the National
Opera of Paris. To enter, girls must be aged between 8 and 10,
boys between 8 and 11. Of the 400 or 500 children who
audition for school only 30 or 40 are accepted. Studies last a
maximum of 6 years. The majority of the 154 dancers who
make up the National Opera of Paris Ballet are recruited from
this school.
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VERONICA GUERIN
UNITED KINGDOM – 2003
DIRECTOR : JOEL SCHUMACHER
STARRING : CATE BLANCHETT, GERARD Mc SORLEY, CLARAN
HINDS, BRENDA FRICKER
GENRE : BIOGRAPHY
RUNNING TIME : 98 MIN
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
In Dublin, a journalist, Veronica Guerin, decides to face the
local drug mafia. She will be killed in 1996.
WE LOVED EACH OTHER
SO MUCH
NETHERLANDS – 2003
DIRECTOR : JACK JANSSEN
STARRING : GENRE : DOCUMENTARY
RUNNING TIME : 80 MIN
LANGUAGE: ARABIC
A portrait of the Lebanese singer Fairuz who occupies an
important place in the Arab conscience since the beginning of
the 50’s.
ELLES… PIONNIERES (EUROMED)
A series of documentary regarding avant-garde women from the Arab world.
LE BLUES DES SHEIKHATES
DIRECTOR : ALI ESSAFI
STARRING : GENRE : DOCUMENTARY
RUNNING TIME : 52 MIN
LANGUAGE: -
The “sheikhates”: folk singers in Morocco, the most beloved
but also the most marginalizes women for one and only
reason: their freedom! Their liberal manners and liberal tone
permit them, uniquely, to chant the injustice against women
and their fate. In a few simple words, Shikha Aïcha summed
up this situation: ”our life is similar to this candle which burns
sacrificing itself so that others may behold!”
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LA DAME DU PALAIS
DIRECTOR : SAMIR HABCHI
STARRING : GENRE : DOCUMENTARY
RUNNING TIME : 58 MIN
LANGUAGE: -
At a time when the oriental woman indulged herself behind
secluded walls, and was deprived of her basic rights, Nazira
Jumblat presided in palaces and social events occupied a
leading position in a male dominated, conservative and closed
religious society. She played a significant role in Lebanese
politics during an important period in Lebanese history.
ENTRE FEMMES
‫هالة جالل‬
DIRECTOR : HALA GALAL
STARRING : GENRE : DOCUMENTARY
RUNNING TIME : 52 MIN
LANGUAGE: -
Evolution of Egyptian society. Problematic of the status of
women as witnessed by several generations of the same
family. A journey that reveals contradictory phenomena, one
which leads us to delve into the deliberations of the feminist
movement which was launched by Hoda Shaarawi in the 20’s.
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FAMA…
UNE HEROINE SANS GLOIRE
‫دليال إلناظر‬
DIRECTOR : DALILA ENNADRE
STARRING : GENRE : DOCUMENTARY
RUNNING TIME : 52 MIN
LANGUAGE: -
At the age of 15, Me Fama decided to devote her life to the
fight for a free and democratic Morocco. Her history
intertwines with that of several generations of women who
struggle for their rights and those of their children. It is a
journey through symbolic places in her odyssey, one which
enables us to discover another chapter in the history of
Morocco. This “Mother Courage” bears witness to history, to
contact with fellow militants from the four corners of the
Kingdom.
QUAND LA FEMME CHANTE
‫مصطفى الحسناوى‬
DIRECTOR : MUSTAPHA HASNAOUI
STARRING : GENRE : DOCUMENTARY
RUNNING TIME : 52 MIN
LANGUAGE: -
The film attempts to examine the issue of women and
modernization, women and body, women and power through
songs and segments from the lives of singer such as : Munira
El Mahdeya, Om Kulthoum…
And seeks to link and compare the past with the present.
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RAÏ STORY
‫مدلين فرسكافلت و أحمد راشدى‬
DIRECTOR : MADELEINE VERSCHAFFELT, AHMED RACHEDI
STARRING : GENRE : DOCUMENTARY
RUNNING TIME : 58 MIN
LANGUAGE: -
When life speaks out, there are always people who harkens to
its voice… If there were an artist who cannot not be
dissociated from the word rai, the name would be that of the
septuagenarian Rimitti, whose life is closely interwoven with
this music. Of all rai, traditional and modern, and all
generations and sexes combined, she undoubtedly continues
to be the most prolific and above all the most creative of this
genre with a career spanning half a century. When she
recounts her story, that life truly reflects the story of rai.
SUR LES TRACES DE L’OUBLI
‫رجاء عمارى‬
DIRECTOR : RAJA AMARI
STARRING : GENRE : DOCUMENTARY
RUNNING TIME : 58 MIN
LANGUAGE: -
Many are the faces of Isabelle Eberhardt. Is she someone with
multiple personalities or are these multiple visions of a
romantic and impervious character which has seduced,
kindled suspicion, and astounded with her very special
belonging to the orient… inquiry about a character that defies
classification.
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TERRE DE FEMMES
‫جون شمعون‬
DIRECTOR : JEAN CHAMOUN
STARRING : GENRE : DOCUMENTARY
RUNNING TIME : 58 MIN
LANGUAGE: ARABIC
Two generations of Palestinian pioneering women. Through
the ex-prisoner Kifah Afifi, and her experience in Khiam prison
in south Lebanon, we discover the famous poet Fadwa Tukan,
her experience in her prison of her family and Samiha Khalil
who incessantly fought for justice, peace and human rights.