Cinequest

People and the Nile

The construction of the Aswan dam as seen by those who took part in it: engineers, workers, Egyptians, and Soviets.

The Judge and the Executioner

(Sherif) is a businessman who shares the company with his partner (Kamal). Kamal's father arrives from abroad and takes (Mahmoud), (Nahid's) fiancé, with him. They go to (Sherif) to offer a deal. Kamal is shocked when he sees his wife (Laila) with his friend and partner. He collapses and rushes to the car in a bad psychological state and is killed in an accident. (Mahmoud) confesses to (Nahid) the truth about the relationship between (Sherif) and (Laila). (Nahid) decides to take revenge on (Sherif), and the events of the film continue.

Me, my wife and the secretary

(Ahmed Fathi) is a screenwriter assisted by his wife (Hala). He wants her to quit her job and devote herself to helping him with his screenwriting work, but she refuses. His assistant takes advantage of the situation to try to drag him into a relationship and extort his money for her lover. His wife thinks that there is already a relationship between him and his assistant, and she is booked to travel on a train. The train has an accident and everyone thinks that she is dead.

Banatna Fel Khareg

In Paris, university student Salwa meets Dr. Sharif, and they fall in love. He tells her the reason for his stay in Paris. He caused the death of a patient after he insisted on performing surgery on him despite the objections of his colleagues. The press attacks him, so he leaves Egypt.

Al Saqayen Lane

Salem is preparing to marry Fakiha, who lives with her uncle, the obscure composer. A film company calls him and asks him for a melody, and he takes a joke with him to sing the melody in front of the director and producer. She is chosen to star in the film instead of the singer who refuses to sing the melody, Salem opposes but does not care and rents with her uncle a furnished apartment in an upscale neighborhood

prison without bars