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Monsieur le Directeur

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Monsieur le Directeur
Film Poster
Arabicالأسطي المدير
Directed byShafik Shameya
Written byKatia Thabet
Samir Awad
Screenplay byRaouf Helmi
Produced byMamdouh El Leithy
StarringSalah Zulfikar
Laila Taher
CinematographyAdel Abdelazeem
Edited byShaaban Abdel-gawad
Music byHany Shenooda
Production
company
TV Films A.R.E.
Distributed byFinancial and Economic Affairs Sector - R.T.U - A.R.E
Release date
  • 1988 (1988)
Running time
103 minutes
CountryEgypt
LanguageEgyptian Arabic

Monsieur le Directeur (Arabic: الأسطي المدير, translit: Elosta El Modeer, aliases: Handyman General Manager or The Engraver Manager) is a 1988 Egyptian drama film.[1][2] it stars Salah Zulfikar and Laila Taher.[3][4][5]

Synopsis

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The family of Hassanein, the senior government employee, suffers from financial troubles, making him unable to meet the needs of his family, a rich family proposes to marry their son Medhat to their daughter Mervat, so that the father falls into a financial predicament, which forces him to pursue the profession of engraver, in order to be able to meet his family's needs, which causes many problems.

Cast

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  • Salah Zulfikar as Hassanein Abdel-Dayem
  • Laila Taher as Adeela henem
  • Mahmoud El-Gendy as Ismail
  • Mustafa Metwalli as Medhat
  • Fatma Mazhar as Azhar
  • Azza Gamal as Mervat
  • Soad Hussein as Shogoun
  • Nazim Shaarawy as El-Messlimany
  • Magdy Imam as Emad
  • Gamal Ismail as Stoohi Abuzeid
  • Child: Raafat Maher as Samy Hassanein
  • Thanaa Lamloum as Mona
  • Ahmed Abu Obeya as Abdelhamid
  • Abul Fotouh Amara as Tantawi
  • Anwar Madkour as Manager
  • Mustafa al-Kawawi as Hassanein assistant
  • Nazmi Rizk as Talaat the lawyer
  • Samir Rostom as Coiffeur
  • Hamdi Sharif as Saleh
  • Sayed Mostafa as Salesman
  • Muhammad al-Qassas as Gaber
  • Abdel Aziz Issa as Salesman
  • Mahmoud Hafnawi as Sabi
  • Nawal Hashem as Hosneya
  • Hareedy Omran as Mahmoud
  • Tawfiq al-Kurdi as Furniture salesman
  • Maysa Fathi as Extra
  • Farida Abdel Aal as Extra
  • Sawsan Salem as Extra
  • Ahmed Badr as Extra
  • Farouz al-Shahawi as Extra
  • Awatef Abdel Fattah as Extra
  • Muhammadin Nassar as Extra
  • Mousa Salem as Extra

Reception

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The film was a critical success and discussed an important issue concerning economic problems for Egyptian families.[6]

References

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  1. ^ al-Sīnimā wa-al-nās: el Cinema wal nas (in Arabic). al-Jamʻīyah al-Misṛīyah li-Fann al-Sīnimā. 1987.
  2. ^ المصور (in Arabic). مؤسسة دار الهلال. May 1985.
  3. ^ Movie - Al-Usta Al-Modeer - 1988 Cast، Video، Trailer، photos، Reviews، Showtimes, retrieved 2021-08-10
  4. ^ الأسطى المدير (1988), retrieved 2021-09-21
  5. ^ Data (ABCD), Arabs Big Centric. "The Engraver Manager | Karohat". karohat.com. Archived from the original on September 21, 2021. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
  6. ^ "10 times Salah Zulfakar pioneered best scenes in Egyptian cinema". EgyptToday. 2017-11-13. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
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