Monsieur le Directeur (Egyptian Arabic: الأسطي المدير, translit: Elosta El Modeer, aliases: Handyman General Manager or The Engraver Manager) is a 1988 Egyptian drama film starring Salah Zulfikar and Laila Taher.[1][2][3][4][5]

Monsieur le Directeur
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Egyptian Arabicالأسطي المدير
Directed byShafik Shameya
Written byKatia Thabet
Samir Awad
Produced byMamdouh El Leithy
StarringSalah Zulfikar
CinematographyAdel Abdelazeem
Music byHany Shenooda
Release date
  • 1988 (1988)
CountryEgypt
LanguageEgyptian Arabic

Synopsis

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The family of Hassanein, the senior government employee, suffers from financial troubles, making him unable to meet the needs of his family, a rich family proposes to marry their son Medhat to their daughter Mervat, so that the father falls into a financial predicament, which forces him to pursue the profession of engraver, in order to be able to meet his family's needs, which causes many problems.

Cast

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  • Salah Zulfikar
  • Laila Taher
  • Fatma Mazhar
  • Mahmoud El-Gendy
  • Mustafa Metwalli
  • Magdy Imam
  • Azza Gamal
  • Soad Hussein
  • Nazim Shaarawy
  • Gamal Ismail
  • Child: Raafat Maher
  • Abul Fotouh Amara
  • Anwar Madkour
  • Thanaa Lamloum
  • Mustafa al-Kawawi
  • Farouz al-Shahawi
  • Nazmi Rizk
  • Maysa Fathi
  • Samir Rostom
  • Hamdi Sharif
  • Awatef Abdel Fattah
  • Muhammadin Nassar
  • MousA Salem
  • Ahmed Abu Obeya
  • Muhammad al-Qassas
  • Sawsan Salem
  • Abdel Aziz Issa
  • Ahmed Badr
  • Mahmoud Hafnawi
  • Nawal Hashem
  • Farida Abdel Aal
  • Tawfiq al-Kurdi

Reception

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The film was a critical success and discussed an important issue concerning economic problems for Egyptian families.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Movie - Al-Usta Al-Modeer - 1988 Cast، Video، Trailer، photos، Reviews، Showtimes, retrieved 2021-08-10
  2. ^ الأسطى المدير (1988), retrieved 2021-09-21
  3. ^ Data (ABCD), Arabs Big Centric. "The Engraver Manager | Karohat". karohat.com. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
  4. ^ المصور (in Arabic). مؤسسة دار الهلال. May 1985.
  5. ^ al-Sīnimā wa-al-nās: el Cinema wal nas (in Arabic). al-Jamʻīyah al-Misṛīyah li-Fann al-Sīnimā. 1987.
  6. ^ "10 times Salah Zulfakar pioneered best scenes in Egyptian cinema". EgyptToday. 2017-11-13. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
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