ALEXANDRIA NEW YORK

Category: Feature Film
Production year: 2003
Release date: 07/07/2004
DVD release date: 17/05/2019
VOD rental start date: 17/05/2019
Country: Egypt, France
Genre(s): Comedy, Drama
Runtime: 2h08

Director(s): CHAHINE Youssef
Cast: HEMEIDA Mahmoud, YOUSSRA

Synopsis

On the occasion of a tribute to his work in New York, Yéhia, the Egyptian director, is reunited with the love of his youth, Ginger. It was 40 years ago, in the mist of the American dream fever ; they had vowed each other eternal love. Nowadays the world has changed, the American dream has evolved and everything keeps them apart. Yet Yéhia finds out that Ginger had given him a son ? an American son. In this film, director Youssef Chahine revisits his very own past and explores his complex relationship with the America he loved.