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Hayy Cinema | Youssef Chahine Retrospective: Alexandria, Why? (1979)
Jeddah · 20/12/2026, 9:00 AM
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OPENING FILM Alexandria Why / Iskindereya Leh Director: Youssef Chahine Release Date: 1978 Running Time: 120min Language: Arabic Subtitles: English Alexandria, Why? Marked a radical, newly introspective turn in Chahine’s active career, a sharp departure from his Fifties musicals and melodramas and his later epics and political films. The first of a semi-autobiographical tetralogy, entitled “Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man,” Alexandria, Why? focuses on a precocious adolescent whose dreams and colorful attempts to become an actor unfold against the vivid backdrop of Alexandria during World War II. A rich cast inspires Chahine’s young thespian hero with a wealth of dramatic sub-plots – at turns hilarious and touching – about wartime life. The autobiographical nature and nostalgic flavour of Alexandria, Why? make it one of Chahine’s most accessible works, a charming and entertaining film that also delivers a potently subversive and impassioned anti-war message. Back to what's on -->
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- Event: Hayy Cinema | Youssef Chahine Retrospective: Alexandria, Why? (1979)
- Time window: 20 December 2026: 0:00 to 20 December 2026 at 60:00 m
- City: Jeddah
- Venue: Hayy Jameel
- Classification: Culture and art
- Organizer: Art Jameel / Hayy Jameel
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