Ali Hassanein

Downtown Shaking (2015)

The film is set in the span of eight hours in the region of downtown Cairo, exploring the variety of characters present in the busy town, and several problems they face in their daily lives, in addition to the economical crisis the whole country is facing. ...

The Chord (2011)

A mysterious murder tests the relationship between two sisters, especially because they are at a close age and compete for the love of the same man. ...

Badal Faqed (2009)

The film's events revolve around twins separated by days, each of them raised in a different environment. One was adopted by a dancer and lived with her in a poor, marginalized life in a slum area, and the other was adopted by a good, high-ranking family, ...

Dr. Silicon (2009)

The plastic surgeon Makram Abu Al-Makarim works with the Mafia and assisted by his nurse, Sahar is pursued by a reporter who is making a field research on the dangers of plastic surgeries and their harmful applications. ...

The moon's tears (2008)

A university girl living in a village flees from her stepfather's constant harassment to Cairo to work in an advertising agency, and later discovers that they are exploiting the girls who work there to achieve personal interests with adults. ...

Encrypted Letter (2008)

Fayez discovers a code sheet that his grandfather left to him before he was killed, of a treasure map in Jerusalem, drawn by the Jews fleeing to Egypt. He goes on an adventure with his friends, Ismail and Bedair, to search for the map hidden in an archaeol ...

Katkout (2006)

While escaping being forced to present himself for sacrifice to redeem his family, Katkout is discovered by a National Security Agency who find he bears a strong resemblance to Yousef Khoury, the international terrorist. He is then persuaded him to enter a ...

The King Is the King (2006)

The play tells the story of a king who is bored with the ruling. He decides to disguise himself and his minister in search of entertainment among the public. He meets a bankrupt merchant who spends his time in wine and delirium and dreams of being king. Th ...

Zero Fat (2005)

Ayyoub is a young man who works in the advertizing field; thanks to his autistic mother who helps him to find new ideas. His boss tries to divert his ideas to be exploited in an illegal way. Ayyoub does not give up and decides to take revenge on his boss. ...

Marriage on Divorce Papers (2003)

What's Going on? (2002)

Two Friends decide to get married in the same night, after being subjected to a big family decision to their marriage of two girls from a hostile family to finish the seas of blood resulting from revenge between two families. ...

A Generous Gesture (2001)

Salmawi and Mima dream of joining the Acting Institute, but they are faced with impossible admission exams. They try to enter the world of acting through any other door, but with every attempt, they are accompanied by bad luck, which leads them several tim ...

The Red Rose (2000)

A love story between (Salah) and (Gamila) ends and years later they meet again after she married Azmi al-Damanhuri,one of the big smugglers. (Gamila) tries to get back with (Salah) but he refuses and Azmi finds out about them and goes through a psychologic ...

The Egyptian Wedding (1999)

A musical journey in the world of Egyptian weddings with its mood, rhythm and heritage ...

National Security (1999)

In the world of intelligence and international terrorism, Samiha performs a dangerous espionage operation in Switzerland under supervision of the Egyptian Intelligence, but in the same time she is a double agent, working simultaneously with the Mossad. ...

Our Blessed Aunt (1998)

Abdel Aziz returned to Cairo from an Arab country where he worked there. He goes to his aunt's apartment, discovers that she has become an apartment for prostitution, and denies her apartment owner that she is his aunt, and when he learns that he has a fo ...

A Girl Called Apple (1997)

Zeenat, who everyone calls apple for her beauty, suffers from the domination of her boss Qadriya, who can't have kids despite her ninth marriage to Fouad. Qadriya asks Zeenat's husband Hassan to divorce his wife ,so that Zeenat marries Fouad for nine month ...

The Gypsies (1996)

The film is about the life of one of the gypsy tribes led by the hyena, whose members live on the outskirts of the city. They carry out illegal activities such as robbery and kidnapping, which belong to Badara, who is trying to break away from her tribe, e ...

Hysteria (1996)

Zain, a graduate of the Higher Institute of Music, lives with his mother, his brother Ramzi and his sister Houria, who suffers from living conditions after the death of their father 15 years ago, and while the family refuses to marry the neighbor of their ...

Why Does the Sea Laugh (1995)

Hussein is in a state of extreme depression because of the boring routine of work and the pressures of life he faces as an employee, husband and brother, decides to escape from the reality of his work and his family, go out to the street without a goal to ...

Laughter, Joy, Work and Love (1993)

During 1968 , in the Heliopolis area, a group of school students live for fun and pleasure, and they get to know a young boxer named (Adham), who changes their views on life in many aspects. (Adham) falls in love with the prostitute (Aisha), and decides to ...

Three on the Road (1993)

Truck driver Mahmoud is taking a two-day trip from Luxor to Tanta. On his road trip, a boy named Khalil who escaped from the cruelty of his stepmother rides with him , to head to his mother in Tanta. He also takes Tahia to drive her to a friend. During the ...

Love In The Fridge (1992)

follows the story of Mahdy, a struggling everyday man facing common hardships — low wages, inflation, bad living conditions, and general frustration with society. When Mahdy hears on television about a method to freeze a human for years and be revived la ...

Ice Cream in Glim (1992)

Seif works in a video rental store, and lives with a group of young men aspiring for a better life. Seif tries to prove himself worthy by showcasing his singing talent, to the disappointment of the store's owner who fires him. Seif ends up in jail, where h ...

Husbands in Trouble (1992)

Saeed and Waheed are two pilots and friends. Waheed gets to know the belly dancer Zizi while they are in Cyprus, who works for a gang. She puts drugs in his bag to smuggle them to Egypt, but mixes it with the bag of a flight attendant, the gang kidnaps the ...

The Search for Sayed Marzouk (1991)

Yousef is a naive employee who goes out on his day off to meet strange characters, including a wretch dressed like Charlie Chaplin and Said Marzouq, an eccentric multi-faceted billionaire, full of contradictions and ambiguity. While trying to find himself ...

Kit Kat (1991)

Sheikh Hosny is a blind man who lives with his old mother and his frustrated son in the Kit Kat neighborhood. His son Youssef dreams of going to Europe to find work, and has a relationship with a divorced woman named Fatima. Sheikh Hosny refuses to admit h ...

Ehteyal (1990)

The wealthy lady Nora decides to pawn her jewelry because she needs money. Samah, the employee in the store, takes advantage of Nora's features being similar to those of her brother's wife, Camelia, and decides to seize the jewelry. ...

Even after a while (1988)

A person is wrongfully accused of murder and sentenced to death. The detective and the accused's fiancée continue their investigation until they are able to identify the real killer. ...

The Berry and the Cane (1986)

Set in old Cairo, Hassouna (Hamdy Gheith) is a mean thug who collects money from people for protection. He prosecutes Ashour El Nagy's (Ezzat El Alaily) family, who transform from wealth to poverty. Hassouna forces Ashour to divorce his wife and leave the ...

Missing Person (1984)

Attia (Yehia al-Fakharani) works as a simple employee, after his mother-in-law threatens to break his engagement from her daughter because of his delay in getting an apartment. He travels to his hometown to sell his inheritance. There he falls in love with ...

The Street Player (1983)

Fares, a shoe factory worker, has only one passion in life: football. He lives a humble life in a chaotic neighborhood where he plays street football to increase his income. However, neither his marriage nor his job is stable enough. He goes through a lot ...