Raafat El Mehi
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Raafat El Mehi was an Egyptian screenwriter and director. He was born in 1940, and studied English literature and the faculty of arts, before joining the High Institute of Cinema...Read more and graduating from it in 1964. He debuted in 1966 with the script for the film And The Rains Have Dried, and in the 1970's, he started a fruitful and highly acclaimed collaboration with director Kamal El Sheikh that culminated in 4 feature films. In 1981 he made his first feature film as a director Sleepless Eyes, and followed it with The Lawyer (1983) and Love's Last Story (1986). Towards the late 1980's, he started another fruitful collaboration with actor Mahmoud Abdel Aziz, during which he wrote and directed three critically acclaimed films. In 2000, he made his last feature film, For God To Love You, after which he retired due to its financial failure, and founded his eponymous filmmaking academy. He died in 2015.
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.