Hesham Selim
Biography: Hesham Saleh Selim (January 27, 1958 - September 22, 2022) was an Egyptian film and television actor. He graduated from the High Institute of Tourism and Hotels in Cairo and later studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. Hesham was the son of Saleh Selim, an Egyptian football legend and former president of Al Ahly Sporting Club. His sister-in-law was the iconic actress and singer Yousra. He began his acting career at the age of 12, playing one of Faten Hamama’s children in Empire M (1972). Four years later, he played a lead role in Youssef Chahine’s Return of the Prodigal Son (1976), which embedded in him a passion for acting for the rest of his life. Selim acted in many TV shows, among them El Helmeya Nights (1987-1995), Arabesque (1994), and The White Flag (1988). He has appeared in many known films such as Alexandria Again and Forever (1989), The Puppeteer (1989), and Land of Dreams (1993). In the wake of the 2011 Egyptian revolution, Selim became the host of the talk show Hiwar Al Qahira (Cairo Dialogue), a weekly program featuring live discussions with guests on political, social, and economic issues on Sky News Arabia in 2012. On May 5, 2020, he spoke on television about having a transgender son, in a rare public show of support for LGBT+ rights in Egypt. This segment and Selim’s acceptance of his son Nour in a country where gender issues remain taboo have won praise on social media, with many applauding Selim for his position and his decision to speak about it on Egyptian television. Hesham Selim passed away at 64 after a long battle with lung cancer. He is survived by two daughters and a son.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: January 27, 1958
Deathday: September 22, 2022
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First Time in Love
2007-01-01
First Time in Love
Overview: The film revolves around a young man, who lives with his uncle after the death of his father. He is a reckless young man who relies on the money of his billionaire uncle, until his uncle decides to leave him to rely on himself, causing him problems in many comedy situations
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2007-01-01
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الإنتقام
1986-03-03
الإنتقام
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Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1986-03-03
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El-Saflah
1986-01-01
El-Saflah
Overview: The film revolves around social paradoxes in terms of betrayal, greed and the pursuit of power, which leads to a series of exciting events surrounding Hussein Abdel Moneim Al-Saftawy, who becomes a party to the conflict between the police and one of the smuggling gangs.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1986-01-01
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Alziyarat al akhira
1986-03-31
Alziyarat al akhira
Overview: The mother fails to convince her son to marry his wealthy cousin, Ihsan. He falls in love with the poor girl, Souad, but he collapses when he discovers that she is perverted. His neighbor, Al-Azhar, advises him to marry her to save her from her fate. But his mother tries hard to prevent their marriage.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1986-03-31
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The Pasha's daughter
1991-06-22
The Pasha's daughter
Overview: The government nationalizes Ibrahim's property and places him under house arrest, and Umm Al-Saad takes care of him. Ibrahim feels affection for Umm Al-Saad, so he gets involved with her and she becomes pregnant and he marries her. She gives birth to their daughter, Jalila, and Ibrahim dies. Years pass and Jalila graduates from the music institute. She seeks refuge with her uncle, but he expels her and denies her lineage. She resorts to the judiciary, and the uncle offers her to marry his son, Amr, who is sick with a malignant disease.
Genres: Music Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1991-06-22
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Atshanh
1987-04-29
Atshanh
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1987-04-29
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Gamal Abdel Nasser
1998-07-13
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Overview: The biography of the iconic leader Gamal Abdel Nasser, from his birth to igniting the revolution to the defeat of 67 and his disagreement with Abdel Hakim Amer, then his planning for the War of Attrition and his sudden death that stunned the world in 1970.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1998-07-13
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45 Days
2007-08-06
45 Days
Overview: Admitted to a psychiatric hospital after being accused of murdering his parents, a young man makes a vow of silence weeks away from his trial.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2007-08-06
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Ragol lehaza alzaman
1986-06-07
Ragol lehaza alzaman
Overview: Debes, who works in a large gang in a drug case, is arrested and threatens to reveal the secrets of the gang. The senior lawyer, Naji, defends him against Judge Kamal, who is known for his extreme firmness.
Genres: Thriller Drama Action
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1986-06-07
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Mousa
2021-08-11
Mousa
Overview: An engineering college student invents the first of its kind robot in the Middle East, in an attempt to avenge his father's death and achieve justice, which gets him pursued by the authorities.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2021-08-11
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Scandal of a Lifetime
1989-09-18
Scandal of a Lifetime
Overview: In one evening, after Dr. Shaheen finishes his work at the hospital, he receives a phone call for a patient's ambulance. The doctor goes to look for the address in the popular neighborhood. In a poor house, he meets with the sick girl, who screams and accuses the famous doctor that he did not come to treat her, but to rape her. The owner of the house is staying in one of his rooms. The police officer who arrested the doctor is summoned. He appears surprised by the police. He is a well-known doctor. He is well-known. The doctor is put in prison until his trial, and his son, the prosecutor, is summoned.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1989-09-18
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Qesma W Nasib
1990-04-02
Qesma W Nasib
Overview: A university girl wants to get married, but she fails both times she gets engaged for various reasons. Dr. Rajaee’s circumstances prevent him from hastening his marriage to Sally. At the same time, the worker Firdous gets engaged to Ashour, the car mechanic. The family covets Ashour, who fulfills all her needs for Firdous. Sally separates from Rajai succeeds in wooing Ashour.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1990-04-02
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Al Awbash
1986-02-24
Al Awbash
Overview: Six human wolves cut off a husband and wife on their wedding night, killing the husband and raping the wife who suffers a nervous breakdown. After that, the security services fail to identify the perpetrators. While the incident is known by journalist Ahmed Azmi, he sympathizes with the wife he has known since she was a child.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1986-02-24
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اختفاء سعيد مهران
اختفاء سعيد مهران
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Original Language: ar
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You Are My Life
2004-12-01
You Are My Life
Overview: Youssef, a successful architect is married to a beautiful woman, Hend, with a child. His life was steady until he discovers that he has cancer. He refuses to tell his family and travels for treatment alone where he met a ballerina who has cancer too and they fall in love.
Genres: Romance Family Music
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2004-12-01
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Tazweer Fe Awraq Rasmia
1984-06-25
Tazweer Fe Awraq Rasmia
Overview: A man has two sons from two different ladies at the same day,he writes them both to his wife as twins it in the formal papers.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1984-06-25
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Justified Betrayal
2006-12-13
Justified Betrayal
Overview: In this intriguing and entertaining thriller, Khalid Youssef tells the story of a young, rich man (Hani Salama) who kills his wife and his brother when he finds them in bed together. After he evades prosecution we start to wonder whether the killings were really spontaneous or if perhaps he had plotted everything in advance to get rid of both of them. Told from shifting perspectives in the style of Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon, including those of the hero, his mistress and a police detective investigating the case, the film moves around the murders cleverly, in a manner as unconventional and exciting as the story itself. Very convincing characters are involved in a game that requires a hefty dose of imagination from the audience. The film contains violence.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2006-12-13
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The Storm
2001-03-03
The Storm
Overview: Ever wonder what it was like to be in the middle east during the Gulf War of the early 90s? Sure, many films and TV shows have portrayed what it was like for the UN forces. This film takes you into the melee from the perspective of Egyptians -- who were sharply divided about the war -- and their daily lives, which, as one sees, form the basis of their foundation for understanding/approaching the war. And it really is these "every day" realities that make up the bulk of the film.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2001-03-03
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Crystal
1993-08-23
Crystal
Overview: After being severely injured, Nada the show star looks for a new replacement to be the heroine of the band instead of her. She accidentally sees Hasana dancing in one of the carnivals and decides to train her, while the girl who was the candidate to be the heroine tries to get rid of her.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1993-08-23
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Return Of The Prodigal Son
1976-09-24
Return Of The Prodigal Son
Overview: Freed after spending years in prison, an activist's homecoming turns into a dark affair as his disillusion clashes with his family's expectations. Demonstrating Chahine’s eclecticism, this is an elegant melodrama, exuberant musical, layered allegory, and profound portrait of personal and political disillusionment.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1976-09-24
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Too Little Love.. Too Much Violence
1995-03-02
Too Little Love.. Too Much Violence
Overview: Talaat, the son of wealthy merchant Morsi, lives under pressure from his father to marry the poor girl Fatima. Talaat rebels on his father and divorces Fatima. He meets Eng. Younis, the son of a senior politician and decides to marry his sister to gain power and money.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1995-03-02
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Talking About Love
2004-04-14
Talking About Love
Overview: (Nahid) is a waitress from an average family,after she gets divorced,she tries to overcome her loneliness by looking for a new love. Her colleague (Salma) is attracted to (Hassona) the assistant director,who had the opportunity to direct a music video,so he turns to (Salma) to be in the clip.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2004-04-14
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Mohamad Ali's Street
1991-07-10
Mohamad Ali's Street
Overview: A play in the streets of Mohammed Ali through a musical and performance ensemble, which is linked to a love story with her neighbor, will she achieve her dream of stardom and love.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1991-07-10
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O Lovely Life
1996-05-27
O Lovely Life
Overview: Batta, Sakina, and Nawal .. Three friendly girls, neighbors from one lane, with similar difficult social conditions and also the dream of marriage before spinsterhood.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1996-05-27
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Al Haggama
1992-04-04
Al Haggama
Overview: A Drama movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1992-04-04
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Empire M
1972-11-06
Empire M
Overview: Well off widow working Mother "Mona" is struggling raising 6 kids at different ages ranging from elementary school to University graduating students. The day she thinks to bring a new husband home proves to be a very difficult task.
Genres: Family Drama Romance
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1972-11-06
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Alexandria Again and Forever
1989-12-04
Alexandria Again and Forever
Overview: Set in 1987 against the backdrop of a hunger strike by the Egyptian film industry, Chahine himself steps in to play Yehia, the famed Egyptian director whose life is chronicled in "Alexandria, Why?" and "An Egyptian Story". Obsessed with Amr, the handsome actor he discovered and cast as his alter-ego in parts one and two of The Alexandria Trilogy, Yehia pressures Amr to star in various film projects that change even as Yehia's perception of the young actor begins to change. He first casts Amr as Hamlet, which the actor deems too demanding for his talents, then as the lead in a musical biopic of demigod Alexander the Great, who founded the city of Alexandria in 332 B.C.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1989-12-04
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Land of Dreams
1993-09-27
Land of Dreams
Overview: Ahmed leaves the town after his boss refuses to marry his daughter to him, but his father's passing forces him to go back and deal with unexpected issues.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1993-09-27
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The servant
1990-01-01
The servant
Overview: Shahin puts his friend Kamel in jail instead for a crime he did not commit after he promises to raise his son Mahmood but Shahin deceives him to work has a servant and a driver.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1990-01-01
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Attempted Murder
2000-01-01
Attempted Murder
Overview: The poor girl falls in love with a wealthy young man who promises to marry her and take away her honor. Her father is forced to marry another poor man. The husband discovers after marriage what happened to (tomatoes) and decides to divorce her. She feels lost and decides to take revenge on those who deceived her and makes a plan to kill him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2000-01-01
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Ragab EL Wahsh
1985-07-15
Ragab EL Wahsh
Overview: (Rajab) A poor man, who lives with his wife from the income of his children (Jalal) salesman Ful and (Hashem) and (Suad) sellers of lottery papers, condensed wealthy (Shawki) on Suad, where he sees a likeness of his late daughter, and decides to adopt it Receiving a monthly sum of money, Suad lives with Shawki and his sister (Alia) and learns until she reaches the university level.
Genres: Adventure Action
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1985-07-15
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The Lady from Cairo
1992-01-02
The Lady from Cairo
Overview: In 1990, Moumen Smihi briefly re-located to Cairo in order to work in the shadow of one of the world’s largest commercial film industries. The film that resulted from his Cairo sojuourn is a complex, painterly critique of the Egyptian musical and cinema star system. At the same time, the film shows the divergent states of possibility or despair faced by men and women within a changing Egyptian society. Smihi’s film plays out over thirty years and the events of the Nasserite years and the Palestine / Israel conflict become integral to the narrative. By blending newsreel footage with his own lush cinematography, Smihi creates a complex portrait of contemporary Egyptian society in the post-war years.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-01-02
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The Headmaster
2000-07-26
The Headmaster
Overview: Ashour, Salaah’s father, runs his school with severity and cruelty. after Ashour's death, Salah inherits the job and lets Sayed, his deputy, take charge. Hussein the teacher makes a great effort to guide Salah to succeed in managing the school and achieve good results, while salah is dealing with his trust issues and his need to prove himself by getting out of his father's shadow. with the help of Hussien, his girlfriend Wafaa, and his two friends Atef and Lemby .. can he run the school his own way?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2000-07-26
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O, Mehalabeya
1991-03-23
O, Mehalabeya
Overview: (Shukri) Director and his friend (Marei) screenwriter, cooperate and struggle in front of all obstacles to make a film about (reproach) popular dancer during the British occupation, which has a sense of national duty, it helps guerrillas with money and information, and contribute to the assassination attempt on King Farouk.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1991-03-23
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All Good
1996-06-10
All Good
Overview: Kamal is a porter in a hotel who he loves the secretary Dalal. They lie to each other, pretending to be rich, but they discover the truth after they get married. They look for a rich father, till they find a millionaire who accepts them as his son and daughter, without knowing that they're married.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1996-06-10
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Don't Ask Me Who I Am
1984-11-19
Don't Ask Me Who I Am
Overview: When the impoverished Aisha sells her daughter Zeinab to the barren wealthy woman Soraya, she insists on being Zeinab's nanny to raise her. But as her other children grow up and get prestigious jobs, they ask their mother to quit her job, ignorant of the fact that she is staying for their sister.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1984-11-19
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The Puppeteer
1989-12-18
The Puppeteer
Overview: Muhammad Jad al-Karim Aragouz in the village, he had a son and he was Bahloul, he was able to teach him until he graduated, but the son was rebellious against his father’s profession. His great ambition put him in the way of a businessman who was from the people of his town. A large tourism project in agricultural land, for which Al-Aragouz stands.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1989-12-18
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Playing with demons
1991-01-01
Playing with demons
Overview: Abdul Basit, Jaber, Fathi and Radwan are colleagues at the university who share the same housing and work to provide for their livelihood.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1991-01-01
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Fingerprints On Water
1985-08-26
Fingerprints On Water
Overview: A happily married couple with their daughter are being pursued by the ghost of the husband's sister, as she killed the family's dog and cat and continues to kill several family members in retaliation for a situation that happened to her before her death.
Genres: Horror Thriller Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1985-08-26
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El-Gabalawy
1991-08-26
El-Gabalawy
Overview: When a dispute happens between Hassan and Jeblawi , Hassan causes the factory owner, said, to fire Jeblawi. Jablawi works for drug dealer Abbas and steals money from him. He returns to town and buys Said's factory at an auction. Abbas and his men find Jeblawi and work out a deal.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1991-08-26
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Searching For Freedom
2005-01-15
Searching For Freedom
Overview: The film revolves around three Arab girls who travel to France, in search of the freedom they lost in the Arab countries from which they came, each in their own way.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2005-01-15
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Eghtyal Modarresa
1988-08-29
Eghtyal Modarresa
Overview: The story deals with the story of the widow (Huda), who suffers from problems with her husband's brother who wants to take over her inheritance and her children, and the problems between them come to court, while trying to help a young student carrying a colleague from her, Upside down .
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1988-08-29
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Sanawat Al Khatar
1985-12-16
Sanawat Al Khatar
Overview: Wael and his sister Marwa suffer from their parents being busy with them. Their father, Ahmed, is a senior lawyer and their mother, Nawal, is the deputy editor-in-chief of a magazine. Wael and his friends come up with the idea of taking revenge on the rich, like their family, by stealing their cars and giving them to the poor, claiming that they are representatives of the Night of Power. Their crimes are repeated and the press is busy with the issue.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1985-12-16
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Satrak Ya Rab
1986-02-10
Satrak Ya Rab
Overview: Kamal is the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Production Affairs and is known for his integrity. He embarrasses his children because of his lack of courtesy. He refuses to appoint his son Ahmed or mediate for him to work elsewhere. Ahmed is forced to work as a driver for the big businessman Hassan Al-Abd. His daughter Sherine admires Ahmed and he agrees to marry her to him, hoping for the gains he will gain from his father's position.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1986-02-10
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Ragol lehaza alzaman
1986-06-07
Ragol lehaza alzaman
Overview: Debes, who works in a large gang in a drug case, is arrested and threatens to reveal the secrets of the gang. The senior lawyer, Naji, defends him against Judge Kamal, who is known for his extreme firmness.
Genres: Thriller Drama Action
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1986-06-07
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Granita
2001-01-01
Granita
Overview: A young Egyptian man travels with his family to Hurghada on a work trip, where he works with foreign tourists. There, he meets a woman with an Egyptian father and an American mother. Despite his family's objections, he falls in love and marries her after she becomes pregnant. However, their marriage soon faces challenges as cultural differences emerge—he is deeply rooted in Upper Egyptian traditions, while she embraces a modern American lifestyle.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2001-01-01
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Blood call
1987-01-01
Blood call
Overview: The businessman greets Shawki in marrying his secretary, but she loves her relative Adel and they agree to marry. Shawki applauds his charges for unfairly imprisoning her.
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Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1987-01-01
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