Abdellatif Abdelhamid

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Abdellatif Abdelhamid

Born January 5, 1954 · Syria

Died May 15, 2024 · aged 70

Syrian director, born on January 5, 1954, is the Syrian cinematographer, and the landmark in the history of Syrian cinema. He is considered one of the most important directors in the seventh art field in the entire Arab world. He worked as an actor, musician, director and singer in the student theater and the theater of the cultural center. He studied Arabic literature at Tishreen University befor…

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The LoverThe Lover · 2012
The Lover
10.02012
MovieDramaRomance
The autobiography of a film director who grows up in a small town then leaves for the city to finish his studies. When he became famous, he decided to make a film about his upbringing in the village based on his childhood memories.
September RainSeptember Rain · 2010
September Rain
2010
MovieDrama
The film tells of a poor citizen whose wife died and has five children, three love to sing and play and work in parties, one learns and loves a rich girl, and the other works with his father in selling watermelon, they are surprised by the relationship of their father to the maid who works with them, things go wrong and some object
Days of BoredomDays of Boredom · 2008
Days of Boredom
2008
Movie
The film tells the story of four children living with their father on the Golan front in 1958, who live in constant weariness because of the war. After the military escalation on the front occurs, they are forced to return to their mother in her village.
Me, You, Mother, and FatherMe, You, Mother, and Father · 2016
Me, You, Mother, and Father
2016
MovieDrama
Story revolves around a love story between a soldier at a checkpoint and a girl living next door, who face political differences and the problems of war. The events and personalities of the film also monitor stories from the contemporary Syrian scene that bear the smallest details, as the film deals with the daily and daily reality in Syria.
Listener's ChoiceListener's Choice · 2003
Listener's Choice
2003
MovieDrama
The film tells of a love story linking the heart of Aziza and Jamal, and links a friendship between Jamal and Selim, the disabled young man who escapes from the persecution of his family to him and who is embraced by Abu Jamal, as if he was one of his sons
Solo PerformanceSolo Performance · 2018
Solo Performance
2018
MovieDrama
In the film, a family of moral, noble, musician, and singer friends save lives, trying to save them in the literal and metaphorical sense.
Nights of The JackalNights of The Jackal · 1988
Nights of The Jackal
6.01988
MovieDrama
Syria, 1967, rumors of war. Abu Kamel, a peasant who farms tomatoes near Latakia, bullies his family. One by one, each rebels against him or finds a route to break away.
The Last BreakfastThe Last Breakfast · 2021
The Last Breakfast
2021
MovieDramaRomance
it’s a love story of married couple who were separated by death ,where the wife saw it coming at breakfast due to the frequent bombing on that day.

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Qamarayn wa ZaytounaQamarayn wa Zaytouna · 2002
Qamarayn wa Zaytouna
9.02002
MovieDrama
The film's story revolves around a child who has psychological problems (Adel), and the head of the family is disabled due to a severe injury he suffered in the Palestine War, so he became a seat and was unable even to perform his marital duties so that the wife continues to suffer from a double disadvantage, as she began bearing the burdens of raising her children, and assumed responsibility for the home The entire role of the father is also practiced, and there are uncommon forms of cruelty coated with a kind of maternal love that she cannot curb while shaving her son who sucks his thumb, and plucking his hair, and her daughter (Princess) is also punished by shaving her head because she colluded with her brother.

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