Scheherazade, tell me a story

Scheherazade, tell me a story [videorecording] / Pyramide International, MISR Cinema, Kamel Abou Ali presents ; a film written by Wahid Hamed ; directed by Yousry Nasrallah.

Scheherazade, tell me a story -- "A female talk show host in Cairo stirs up political controversy when she focuses her on-air discussions on the topic of women's issues" -- www.imdb.com.

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Art Production, Independent Film Makers for Production and Distribution, MISR Cinema, Pyramide Productions (Firm), ArtMattan Productions, Facets Video (Firm)
Other Authors:	Abou Ali, Kamel (Producer), Ḥāmid, Waḥīd (Screenwriter), Nasrallah, Yousry (Director), Zakki, Mona (Actor), Ḥumaydah, Maḥmūd (Actor), Badr, Sawsan (Actor), El Raddad, Hassan (Actor), Lebleda (Actor), Waked, Amr (Actor), Salama, Fathy (Composer), Batrik, Al (Producer), Amado, Jorge, 1912-2001, Zekri, Mustapha (Screenwriter), Shaaban, Sherif (Producer), Mayer, Viktor (Producer), Fawzi, Oussama (Director), El-Tuhamy, Mohamed (Production personnel), Hassuna, Ahmed (Director)
Other title:	Paradise of the fallen angels. Fallen angels paradise. Rotating square.
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	Arabic English
Donor:	Gift of the Paul-Louis Faye Endowment Fund.
Published:	New York : Chicago : ArtMattan Productions ; Distributed by Facets Video, [2012?]
Edition:	Widescreen version.
Subjects:	Substance abuse > Egypt > Drama. Murder > Egypt > Drama. Egypt > Women > Political activity > Drama. Feature films. Short films. Films for hard of hearing people.

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Summary:	Scheherazade, tell me a story -- "A female talk show host in Cairo stirs up political controversy when she focuses her on-air discussions on the topic of women's issues" -- www.imdb.com. The paradise of the fallen angels --"A homeless man dies of an overdose in a popular Cairo neighborhood. He was once an ideal husband and represented security for his family. Then one day, everything changed. Upon his death his friends from the underworld drag the corpse around for a whole night of madness, drinking and hallucinating situations. A game with death where the dead man becomes more alive than the living and fallen angels live according to their own rules, laws and desires in the chaos of the Egyptian capital" -- www.africanfilm.com. Rotating square -- "Sami and his wife Sarah are packing to move to the USA where they intend to open a restaurant. Rania, Sarah's sister, goes to their house to take them to the airport, but some unexpected and unforeseeable events take place in the apartment: games of seduction, murder and dead bodies to be disposed of" -- www.africanfilm.com.
Item Description:	Scheherazade, tell me a story originally released in 2009. Includes 2 bonus films: The paradise of the fallen angels ; directed by Ossama Fawzi, Egypt 1999, and Rotating square directed by Ahmed Hassouna, Egypt 2002. Title on container: Fallen angels paradise. "Gender war in Egypt: a film about women who fight back"--Container.
Physical Description:	2 DVDs (134 min. ; 94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD ; Dolby Digital plus.
Production Credits:	The paradise of the fallen angels -- Al Batrik for Art Production presents ; a free adaptation of Jorge Amado novel "Dona Flor e seus dois maridos" ; screenplay, Mustapha Zekri ; executive producers, Sherif Shaaban, Viktor Mayer; music, Fathi Salama ; directed by Oussama Fawzi. Rotating square -- Independent Film Makers for Production and Distribution present ; production executive, Mohamed El-Tuhamy ; screenplay and direction, Ahmed Hassuna.