Alexandria Again and Forever (1989) on Netflix
Egypt's film industry is on hunger strike. Yehia, a famed director, keeps pressing Amr, the actor he discovered, into film projects that keep changing, and he wants to work with Nadia.
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Plot summary
In 1987, Egypt's film industry is on a hunger strike. Yehia Eskandarany is a famed Egyptian director. He is obsessed with Amr, the actor he discovered and once cast as his own screen alter ego. Yehia presses Amr to star in projects that keep changing. He first casts him as Hamlet, a part Amr judges beyond his talents. He then wants Amr as Alexander the Great in a musical biography. Nadia is a woman Yehia desires to work with.
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