Determination

  • Volonté (La) | Al Azimah - [...]
Genre : Drama
Type : Fiction
Original title : Resolution | Résolution (La) | Détermination | Chérie (La)
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 1939
Format : Feature
Running time : 108 (in minutes)

A classic film of Egyptian cinema, marking the beginning of the realist tradition: Boy meets girl, but unlike most early films the boy is a credible representation of a young man from a traditional quarter. Anwar Wagdi plays the upper-class fop against whom the hero is contrasted.

DETERMINATION aka RESOLUTION / AL-AZIMAH

A film by Kamal Salim, Egypt, 1939; 108 minutes

Director: Kamal Selim

FESTIVALS / AWARDS

1996| The Centennial of Arab Cinema | Lincoln Center | New York, USA
* Sélection
Screening time: Friday, November 1: 2 pm
Screening time: Tuesday, November 5: 4:30 and 9 pm
http://filmcomment.net/archive/wrt/programs/11-96/arab/arab2.htm

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