Ahmed El Sobky
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Ahmed Al Sabbky is an Egyptian producer, most of his films have been quite successful at the box office despite being subject to attacks from critics. Al Sabbky states that his...Read more works seek to engage the working classes from which he originates, thus he adds that he knows how to connect with normal moviegoers. Nonetheless Al Sabbky is constantly attacked by critics who describe his works as base and unsubstantial. Despite the views of critics Al Sabbky’s works are nonetheless very successful at the box office. Al Sabbky’s career in cinema began when he opened a video club in the 1980s atop a family owned butcher shop in the district of Al Dokki. Al Sabbky’s video club specialized in distributing and promoting foreign films in Egypt. The video club met with a high level of success and led to him and his brother owning one of the most successful film distribution houses in the Middle East. Thereafter Al Sabbky began his run as a producer and collaborated with his brother Mohamed Al Sabbky to found a producing label in the early ‘90s – “Al Sabbky for Artistic Production”. Al Sabbky’s first work was “E’youn Al Saqr” (“Eagle’s Eye”) which featured the performance of Nour El Shereef. Subsequently Al Sabbky produced “Master Karateh” (“Karate Master”),“Sawwaq Al Hannim” (“Lady’s Driver”) and “Al Ragol al Thalith” (“The Third Man”) which starred Ahmed Zaky. The Al Sabbky brothers also produced other works, their most successful endeavors being “Al Lemby” and “El Bally Ballak” which featured the performance of Mohamed Sa’ad. Those two titles achieved a particularly high level of success at the box office. Ahmed Al Sabbky has recently separated his activities from those of his brother so that both brothers now run independent production labels. His first production works following the split were “Cabaret” and “Al Farah” (“The Wedding”) which achieved commercial success in addition to being well received by audiences.
Qossat Al Hay Al Shabi
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The film revolves around a popular singing and dancing troupe, whose owner is trying to find her daughter who she lost many years ago, but she dies before her wish is fulfilled, but the team members succeed in finding this girl in Sharm El-Sheikh, where she works as a Western singer. You are looking for them, they are also looking for you.
Nightingales Nest
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Inside Muhammad Ali Street, the film takes place in a social comic framework. Where the taxi driver (Saad Al-Saghir),who dreams of fulfilling his only wish to become a famous folk singer, finds himself in exchange for that touching on the lives of worlds and dancers and their problems; Where he gets to know the dancer (Dina),who helps him climb the ladder of glory step by step, and he is exposed to a fierce war from his competitors.
