Alexandria… Why?
Amid the poverty, death, and suffering caused by World War II, 18-year-old Yehia retreats into a private world of fantasy and longing. Obsessed with Hollywood, he dreams of studying filmmaking in America but struggles to pursue his dream, given the constraints of his life in the middle class and the horrors of war.
Cast
Mahmoud El Meligy
Shukri Murad, Yehia's Father
Mohsena Tawfiq
Yehia's Mother
Zouzou Hamdy ElHakim
Aqeila Rateb
Zeinab Sedky
Grandmother
Ali Ezz ElDein
Mohamed Shawqi
Hamdy El Wazeer
Naeem Essa
Laila Hamada
Nadia
Seif Abdelrahman
Samiha Mohamed
Farid Shawqy
Shaker Bey, Mohsen's Father
Ahmad Bedir
Antic Melkior
Le Général
Ahmed Abdel Wareth
Youssef Chahine
Naglaa Fathy
Sarah Sorel
Ahmed Mehrez
Adel Bey
Abdel Warith Assir
The Sheikh
Abdelaziz Makhyoun
Ahmed Salama
Naima ElSoghier
Aida Kamel
Mohsen Mohey ElDein
Yehia
Gerry Sundquist
Thomas "Tommy" Friskin
Youssef Wahby
Sorel
Abdel Salam Mohamed
Elly
Mohamed Abu Hashish
Rashad Osman
Ali Jawhar
Ahmed Zaki
Ibrahim
Ezzat Al Alaily
Morsi
Laila Fawzy
Princess Chahinour
Hassan Hussein
Osama Abbas