Alexandria… Why?

Name: Alexandria… Why?
Director: Youssef Chahine
Genre: Drama, War
Released: 1979-08-23
Duration: 2 h 13 min
Rating: 6.3
Cast: Mohsen Mohey ElDein, Mahmoud El Meligy, Mohsena Tawfiq, Abdullah Mahmoud, Ahmed Zaki

Directed by Youssef Chahine

Drama

War

19792h 13m6.3

Overview

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.