Safia ElEmary

The story of Mayor Abdul Razek al-Sharshabi (Omar al-Sharif) when his younger son, Tawfiq (Khalid al-Nabawi) is called for army recruitment, his wife (Safiya al-Omari), rejects it, suggesting to send someone else to go instead. So the Mayor persuaded a poor father named Abdul-Muqeem (Izzat al-Alayli) to send his only son Masrey instead.

Mahmoud lives in Upper Egypt, and he's pursued for a crime he didn't commit. He flees to Alexandria with his only son, Ahmed, and works as a porter at Haji Saleh. Mahmoud emigrates to America, and leaves his son with Haji Saleh, who gives all his wealth to Ahmed.

In the 12th century's Andalusia lives Ibn Rushd a prominent Islamic philosopher with his wife Zeinab and daughter Salma. The principality is ruled by Khalifa ElMansour who has two sons, ElNasser, an intellectual that likes Ibn Rush and is in love with his daughter Salma. The younger son Abdallah is more into dancing and poetry, spending most of his times with the gypsy family and getting the daughter pregnant. The Khalifa is depending on the extremists to build his army granting them more power which they use to combat artists and philosophers. The extremists succeed in recruiting Abd Allah and train him to kill his father. Events go on where Marawan, the gypsy singer, is killed and Ibn Rushd's books are burnt. Adapted from the real life of Ibn Rushd AlMasir is Chahine's statement against extremism.

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 go to Egypt to study agriculture. His brothers travel with him across Sinai, but then suddenly sell him to Ozir, an Egyptian who works for a Theban military leader, Amihar. Amihar is impressed by Ram's drive and personal charm and so grants Ram some desolate land outside the capital. Ram soon finds himself a pawn in the political and sexual games between Amihar and his wife Simihit, a high priestess of the Cult of Amun.

Samia rebels against her unemployed husband until she gets a divorce, and starts dreaming of living outside the poor neighborhood into a rich life. She works for a rich man, and tries to seduce his son Sherif to marry her. But when she fails, she transfers the game to his unmarried uncle.

Adel is a simple employee who is married to a teacher, and has three children but faces financial troubles. He meets Iglal,the corrupt businesswoman,who marries him and he becomes rich. Then he meets Sherine, another rich woman and marries her also. Till he feels lost and wants to go back to his old life.

Religion comes between Sharif and Laila, bringing their love story to an end. Sharif moves on with his life, but Laila can’t, and then they meet again. The film is an ode to the golden age of Egyptian cinema, centring on the seamstress of Souad Hosny.

Limited by choices and eager for independence, a drummer and a basketball coach simultaneously agree to sign tenancy agreements with fishy terms. They meet by chance and fall in love without knowing they live in the same place.