Maher Essam
Also Known As: ماهر عصام
Biography: Maher Essam was born in Imbaba. He started his acting career when he was only 5 years old with the famous director Youssef Chahine. Hassan Abd El Salam cast him in the adapted play “Zoqaq El Madaa.”
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Egypt
Adult: No
Birthday: October 05, 1979
Age: 45 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: June 17, 2018
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The Bulbul's Nest
Overview: A comedy about a taxi driver who wants to achieve his goal of becoming a famous singer. He finds himself inside the world of nightclubs and befriends a belly dancer who helps him on his way to stardom where he faces fierce competition.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2013-10-13
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Lion Heart
Overview: Kidnapped as a child and raised in the circus, a young lion tamer's tough side emerges when he gets entangled in an underworld murder mystery.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2013-08-07
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The Sixth Day
Overview: Egypt, 1947: in the midst of a cholera outbreak. A washerwoman tries to take care of her family, while at the same time resisting the advances of a charming suitor who's half her age.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1986-09-29
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Qarmat in Trouble
Overview: Qarmouti builds a graveyard for his ancestors, and makes it a paid tourists attraction; this causes him lots of problems with the government. Meantime, a journalist videos an antiquities smuggling operation and the tape ends up with Qarmouti who finds himself chased by the smugglers.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2019-01-16
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High School Freshmen
Overview: When Surgeon Hamza commits a mistake that leads to the death of a child, he's sentenced to jail and prevented from practicing his profession. The widow Rawia enters his isolated life after meeting her in an auction and then he meets three young teenagers who find refuge in him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2001-03-06
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11’09”01—September 11
Overview: Filmmakers from all over the world provide short films – each of which is eleven minutes, nine seconds, and one frame of film in length – that offer differing perspectives on the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2002-09-04
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Back to School Troublemakers
Overview: A young teacher heads to her new workplace in a private school where most of the students are the children of wealthy people who do not care about education in any way. In the class she is in charge of, she faces a group of students and their various pranks, and discovers that many of the previous teachers have suffered psychological crises because of them, so she tries to reform them.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2002-10-15
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A Lineage issue
Overview: A family consisting of a husband, wife, and seven half-siblings. Each of them has his own problems, and the time in which they live is completely different from the time of the father and mother, and therefore a clash of ideas occurs between everyone.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2006-02-23
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Marriage by Presidential Decree
Overview: An employee in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs decides to marry a girl of a higher social status. At a moment of recklessness,he sends a wedding invitation to the President, and he responds to the invitation. Preparations are under way to receive the President at the wedding awaited by everyone.
Genres: Comedy Family Thriller
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2001-07-20
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Fawazia The Bourgeoisie
Overview: The film focuses on the relationship between people with different political views, through the residents of one local region, highlighting some important issues such as ignorance, poverty, and corruption, which leads to the adoption of misconceptions.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1985-01-01
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The Gate of the Sun
Overview: Yousry Nasrallah's powerful adaptation of Lebanese writer Elias Khoury's epic novel of fifty years of Palestinian dispossession, exile, and resistance. The film follows the flight of Younes, his wife Nahila, and those around them, from their village in northern Palestine to a refugee camp in Lebanon. Some vow to continue the struggle, most simply struggle to survive. Unsparingly detailing the impact of the nakba (disaster) on Palestinian life and society and the refugees' often-contentious relationship with their reluctant Lebanese hosts, Gate of the Sun spans generations, mixing personal stories with historical events.
Genres: War Romance Drama History
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2004-05-18
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Azazeel
Overview: With a wicked magic spell, the devil (Azazel, the son of Satan) is prepared to harm an innocent girl (Rawan Fouad). Crazy, but the childhood lover (Ayman Ismail), who has the chance to detect touch is known news, and together the two lovers unite to defeat the devil (Azazel).
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2009-01-01
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18 Days
Overview: 10 filmmakers provide 10 separate stories focusing on the 18 days of the 2011 Egyptian revolution. Ten stories they have experienced, heard, or imagined.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2011-09-06
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Salem: His Sister's Father
Overview: Salem is a poor street vendor who has been taking care of his sister since their parents died. After the 25th of January revolution, his life turns into a nightmare when he gets into trouble with both thugs and policemen.
Genres: Action Comedy Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2014-04-15
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Professional Guys
Overview: Seba'y is an unsuccessful football coach in the Dokki Sports Club. As he tries to marry his sweetheart Osha, his final chance to prove himself to her father lies in coaching the women's football team, but he discovers a lot of corruption by an important official in the Egyptian Football Association.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2015-09-23
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A Girl from Dar El Salam
Overview: The film follows Manal, a young girl living in the poor town of Dar Elsalam in Cairo. After she graduates from a commerce secondary school, she decides to find a job and live individually. When a firnd offers her a job as a maid in an old man's house, her life turns upside down after the man sexually assaults her, and she finds herself forced to marry him.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2014-05-21
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Closed Doors
Overview: During the Gulf War, Fatma works as a maid for a wealthy man, and her son Mohammed is suffering from oppression by his teacher Mansour, who's having an affair with Fatima, taking advantage of her difficult circumstances. Mohammad gets drawn to extremist religious world led by Sheikh Khalid.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1999-09-08
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The Tiger and The Female
Overview: Officer Wahid is assigned to work undercover to enter the ring of the largest drug trafficker, he uses the help of the repentant night girl Naima, to impersonate the long-disappeared daughter of the drug leader, who welcomes them into his home before his sister discovers the truth.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1987-02-14
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We're Sorry, Sir
Overview: A drama that depicts the life of a group of young people as they decide to be of use to society, but their benevolence is met with malevolence and threats.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2018-05-09
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Chaos, This Is?
Overview: Hatem is a corrupt police officer, who loves his neighbor Nour, who in turn loves the prosecutor, Sherif. Hatem tries to win Nour’s attention even if by force.
Genres: Drama Crime Romance
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2007-11-28
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Silence... We're Rolling
Overview: Malak is a star singer who lives with her mother and her daughter, Loula, in her villa after her divorce. She falls in love with an opportunist called Lam'ey, so her daughter sets out to expose him with the help of her lover, a driver called Nasser, and the director, Ezz-ElDin who deeply loves Malak.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2001-10-06
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The Talisman
Overview: High school teacher Mahmoud lives with his entire family in a tiny apartment. The landlord's attempts to evict them reaches the point of enlisting the Devil’s help.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 1987-10-26
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Rayya and Sekina at Marina
Overview: The historical tale of Raya and Sakina, two serial killers, is retold in a contemporary comedic way; however, this time, the story takes place in Marina, a beach resort where Egypt's rich class lives.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2006-01-01
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Cry of an Ant
Overview: The role of the film as part of a comic story deals with the circumstances of life and social and economic conditions difficult, which became the Egyptian people suffering from high prices as an issue.
Genres: Drama Thriller Comedy
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2011-06-02
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يمين طلاق
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2000-01-28
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