Archive of films Dawn of a New Day / Fagr yom gedid
Egypt / USSR
1964, 128 min
Section:
Tribute to Youssef Chahine
Year: 2019
A Douglas Sirk-like melodrama centering on a middle-class woman in her forties who falls for a working-class college student. Both a heartfelt romance and a piercing piece of social realism, Chahine’s oft-neglected gem also ranks among the most revealing visual documents of 1960s Egypt.
Synopsis
A Douglas Sirk-like melodrama centering on a middle-class woman in her forties who falls for a working-class college student. Chahine’s mastery of color cinematography, vividly illustrated in Saladin, is grounded here, transformed into a new expressive form that perfectly evokes the emotional rollercoaster of the narrative. Both a heartfelt romance and a piercing piece of social realism, Chahine’s oft-neglected gem also ranks among the most revealing visual documents of 1960s Egypt.
Joseph Fahim
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About the film
Color, DCP
Section: | Tribute to Youssef Chahine |
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Director: | Youssef Chahine |
Screenplay: | Samir Nasri, Abdelrahman El Sharkawy |
Dir. of Photography: | Abdel Aziz Fahmy |
Music: | Angelo Lavenino |
Editor: | Rashida Abdel Salam |
Art Director: | Maher Abdel Nour |
Producer: | Marie Queenie |
Cast: | Sana Gamil, Seif Al Din, Hamdi Gheiss, Souhair Al Babli, Youssef Chahine |
Sales: | Misr International Films |
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