Monsieur le Directeur (Egyptian Arabic: الأسطي المدير, translit: Elosta El Modeer, aliases: Handyman General Manager or The Engraver Manager) is a 1988 Egyptian drama film starring Salah Zulfikar and Laila Taher.[1][2][3][4][5]
| Monsieur le Directeur | |
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| Egyptian Arabic | الأسطي المدير |
| Directed by | Shafik Shameya |
| Written by | Katia Thabet Samir Awad |
| Produced by | Mamdouh El Leithy |
| Starring | Salah Zulfikar |
| Cinematography | Adel Abdelazeem |
| Music by | Hany Shenooda |
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| Country | Egypt |
| Language | Egyptian Arabic |
Synopsis
The family of Hassanein, the senior government employee, suffers from financial troubles, making him unable to meet the needs of his family, a rich family proposes to marry their son Medhat to their daughter Mervat, so that the father falls into a financial predicament, which forces him to pursue the profession of engraver, in order to be able to meet his family's needs, which causes many problems.
Cast
- Salah Zulfikar
- Laila Taher
- Fatma Mazhar
- Mahmoud El-Gendy
- Mustafa Metwalli
- Magdy Imam
- Azza Gamal
- Soad Hussein
- Nazim Shaarawy
- Gamal Ismail
- Child: Raafat Maher
- Abul Fotouh Amara
- Anwar Madkour
- Thanaa Lamloum
- Mustafa al-Kawawi
- Farouz al-Shahawi
- Nazmi Rizk
- Maysa Fathi
- Samir Rostom
- Hamdi Sharif
- Awatef Abdel Fattah
- Muhammadin Nassar
- MousA Salem
- Ahmed Abu Obeya
- Muhammad al-Qassas
- Sawsan Salem
- Abdel Aziz Issa
- Ahmed Badr
- Mahmoud Hafnawi
- Nawal Hashem
- Farida Abdel Aal
- Tawfiq al-Kurdi
Reception
The film was a critical success and discussed an important issue concerning economic problems for Egyptian families.[6]
