Saeed Shimi
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Egyptian cinematographer born in Abdeen, Cairo in 1943. He joined the Faculty of Arts, Cairo University then dropped out after three years to join the High Cinema Institute. He...Read more also remotely took a diploma in cinematography from the US in 1969. Some of his most notable works include The Bullet is Still in My Pocket, Antar Holding His Sword, The Shame, The Emperor, The Road to Eilat, and Devil's Island.
Palm of the Hand
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At his wedding ceremony Hossam, is killed by a stray bullet, his father Mukhtar recalls the palm reader who told him that he will have three children, but they will all die at their weddings. When his third son, Omar, returns and meets Inas,his mother tries to prevent them from getting married.The Bullet Is Still in My Pocket
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(Muhammad) is a conscript in the Egyptian army. He returns from Gaza after the setback of 1967. During his stay in Gaza with one of the Palestinians who helps the soldiers, he gets to know one of the people but doubts his loyalty to Israel. After returning to his village, he is surprised by the request of (Abbas),the head of the cooperative society, to marry him. From his beloved and cousin (Fatima),but Abbas had despicable goals.The Diver
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The story is about a diving world champion who quit while he was still young because he discovered he has a hole in his lung. He is married and has a child. He does not work. The marital problems start between him and his wife . The years go on, his wife gets married with another man but she does not give up searching for her boy until she finds him by coincidence during a trip to Hurghada with her husband. She meets the boy who gets close to her and loves her without knowing that she is his mother The star starts to worry because the boy gets so attached to his mother, so he decides to realize his child's dream to dive in an international contest even if this would cost him his own life. He participates in the contest and wins the first prize but he has a bleeding in his lung.Agamista
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A writer from a wealthy family decides to become a writer, so he tries to search for himself and decides to travel to Al-Ajami in Alexandria, and there he meets a poor, frivolous young man from Al-Ajami's children, who has no family, no friends, and no fixed residence, moving from one profession to another. When the two young men meet, a clash occurs between them as a result of different social and cultural circumstances.