bidaya wa nihaya (1961)
The 5th Abu Dhabi International Film Festival is paying tribute to the Egyptian writer Naguib Mahfouz, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1988. Apart from writing novels, Mahfouz collaborated with major Egyptian directors such as Youssef Chahine, Hassan Al Imam and Salah Abu Seif on screenplays. This year marks the birth centenary of the prolific author, who is often regarded as one of the first contemporary Arabic writers.
Salah Abu Seif, the legendary Egyptian director adapted quite a few of Mahfouz’s novels and short stories, ‘Bidaya wa Nihaya’ (The beginning and the end) being the first of this collaboration.
Salah, who is widely regarded as the father of Egyptian realist cinema was a prolific director who made more than forty films which are still very popular. Abu Dhabi Film Festival screened a restored version of ‘Bidaya wa Nihaya’ (The Beginning and the end) with new subtitles.
The 5th Abu Dhabi International Film Festival is paying tribute to the Egyptian writer Naguib Mahfouz, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1988. Apart from writing novels, Mahfouz collaborated with major Egyptian directors such as Youssef Chahine, Hassan Al Imam and Salah Abu Seif on screenplays. This year marks the birth centenary of the prolific author, who is often regarded as one of the first contemporary Arabic writers.
Salah Abu Seif, the legendary Egyptian director adapted quite a few of Mahfouz’s novels and short stories, ‘Bidaya wa Nihaya’ (The beginning and the end) being the first of this collaboration.
Salah, who is widely regarded as the father of Egyptian realist cinema was a prolific director who made more than forty films which are still very popular. Abu Dhabi Film Festival screened a restored version of ‘Bidaya wa Nihaya’ (The Beginning and the end) with new subtitles.
- 10/17/2011
- by Bikas Mishra
- DearCinema.com
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