Naguib El-Rihani: Bid you farewell

  • Naguib El-Rihani
© Courtesy of MEIFF 2008, Abu Dhabi
Genre : Biography
Type : Documentary
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2008
Format : Feature
Running time : 106 (in minutes)

Naguib El-Rihani is a feature-length documentary, but it is not any less entertaining than any of actor El-Rihani's films. And is El-Rihani in need of being introduced to cinema audience.
The film is about the discovery of a daughter of El-Rihani's after about 50 years of his death, when she appeared for the first time at Cairo's film festival in 2007.

The director of the film is Mohamed Kamel El-Kalioubi, a professor of film at the Higher Institute of Cinema in Cairo. And here, the well-known documentary and fiction filmmaker continues to highlight the lives of the great 20th century innovators.
The film transcends the local reality in Egypt and the Arab world. It is also a film about Hitler and racism. What would be the relationship between Hitler and Naguib El-Rihani?


Director: Mohamed Kamel El-Kaliouby

Country: Egypt
Year: 2008
Duration: 106 Minutes





2008 | MEIFF - Middle East International Film Festival | ABU DHABI, Emirats Arabes Unis | www.meiff.com/page.aspx?id=film_details&film_id=21
* Section: In Competition - Documentary
The only feature-length Arab documentary in MEIFF's competition in 2008

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