L’AQUARIUM (Egypte, 2007)


Couleur – 110’
Direction: Yousri Nasrallah
Screenpla : Nasser Abdel Rahman
Director of Photograph : Samir Bahzan
Sound: Ibrahim El Dessouky
Musi : Tamer Karawan
Editing: Mona Rabie
Cast: Amr Waked, Hind Sabri
Production: MISR INTERNATIONAL FILM


Synopsis

It all happens in 48 hours in present day Cairo. Leïla, in her 30s, hosts a radio program, «Secrets of the Night,» where the callers confide their love lives. She writes stories, goes to discos, and lives with her mother and her brother. Youssef, also in his 30s, is an anaesthetist. In the morning he works in a respectable private hospital and at an illegal abortion clinic at night. Youssef loves to listen to his patients. He also enjoys listening to Leïla’s broadcast. The two characters will meet one day but their lives won’t change. However, they will realize to what extent they are alone.


Le réalisateur

Born in Cairo in 1952, Yousry Nasrallah became a journalist in Lebanon then collaborated with Youssef Chahine on many films.
He directed «Une Journée avec Youssef Chahine» (Arte, 1994).
His recent films include «A Propos des garçons, des filles et du voile» (1995), «La Ville» (1999), «La Porte du soleil» (2001).


Contact

Gabriel Khoury
MISR INTERNATIONAL FILM
35, rue Champollion, Le Caire / Egypte
Tél. : + 202 257 400 20 / + 202 257 880 38
Fax : + 202 257 880 33
mif@starnet.com.eg - www.misrinternationalfilms.com