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My One and Only Love

Tribute to Youssef Chahine 2019 / Enta habibi / Egypt 1957

One of the funniest and most beloved of all Egyptian film musicals, this is Chahine at his lightest and most entertaining. A satire of sorts about a man and woman forced into a marriage of convenience who gradually fall in love with each other. My One and Only Love is the work of a supreme entertainer, a key characteristic of Chahine’s filmmaking persona most scholars and critics have overlooked.

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Synopsis

One of the funniest and most beloved of all Egyptian film musicals, this is Chahine at his lightest and most entertaining. A satire of sorts about a man and woman forced into a marriage of convenience who gradually fall in love with each other, it marked his second and last collaboration with El Atrach and Shadia, who give sidesplitting performances that show them at their comic peak. My One and Only Love is the work of a supreme entertainer, a key characteristic of Chahine’s filmmaking persona most scholars and critics have overlooked.

Joseph Fahim

About the film

110 min / Black & white, DCP

Director Youssef Chahine / Screenplay Abou El Seoud El Ebiary / Dir. of Photography Ahmed Khorsheid / Music Farid El Atrach / Editor Said El Cheikh, Hassan Affifi / Art Director Hagop Aslanian / Producer Farid El Atrach / Production Farid El Atrach Films / Cast Farid El Atrach, Shadia, Hend Rostom / Sales Misr International Films

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Misr International Films
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Phone: +20 122 2117478
E-mail: [email protected]

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