My Love for the International Cinema

    I spent this weekend watching Egyptian films and I can say that I fell in love with the Egyptian cinematography. I loved hearing the films in Arabic language. I do not speak or understand Arabic, but I would like to learn in the future even that it is one of the hardest languages to learn. I have always been interested in international cinematography and watching films from all around the world. Egypt is one of my favorite place on the Earth because of my love for ancient history. My trip to Egypt during this summer inspired me to explore more things about it, and to focus on the Egyptian cinematography as well. Even that I have always loved Egypt I have never before watched Egyptian films. I am glad that I did this and I can say that each film lover needs to give a chance and watch some of the Egyptian films. I am a lover of old films, so I first gave a try to the old Egyptian films.

    During this weekend I watched 5 Egyptian films. Four of the films were directed by the same film director Youssef Chahine. I recommend watching his films they are incredible. I watched Cairo Station, An Egyptian Story, The Land, and Alexandria Why. All of these 4 films are available to watch on Netflix. Alexandria Why is my favorite one from all of them because through the characters in the film I somehow found myself, my wishes and the things that are happening in my life. On the second place for me is the film An Egyptian story and I recommend watching it if you see yourself and your career in the future related to film. The Land is a very hard and sad film to watch and I do not think that you will be able to understand it if you do not have a previous knowledge of the history of Egypt, or if you have not been to Cairo before. I was able to understand the film because I know a lot of thing about Egypt and I have visited Egypt before, so I am familiar with the people there and all of the class differences. Cairo Station is the oldest film that I have watched from Youssef Chahine. It is a very good film. I plan to continue watching Youssef Chahine films because I love his work and how he told the story in his films.

    The fifth film that I have watched is from another Egyptian film director. This film was recommended to me from my Egyptian friend that I met while I was in Egypt this summer. This film is recognized as one of the best romantic Egyptian films. The film is called The River of Love 1960 and it is available to watch on Youtube with an english subtitle. It is an old and black and white film but it tells an incredible love story.