Monsieur le Directeur

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
Film Poster
Egyptian Arabicالأسطي المدير
Directed byShafik Shameya
Written byKatia Thabet
Samir Awad
Produced byMamdouh El Leithy
StarringSalah Zulfikar
CinematographyAdel Abdelazeem
Music byHany Shenooda
Release date
  • 1988 (1988)
CountryEgypt
LanguageEgyptian 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 and Laila Taher in the leading roles
  • 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]

References
  1. Movie - Al-Usta Al-Modeer - 1988 Cast، Video، Trailer، photos، Reviews، Showtimes, retrieved 2021-08-10
  2. الأسطى المدير (1988), retrieved 2021-09-21
  3. Data (ABCD), Arabs Big Centric. "The Engraver Manager | Karohat". karohat.com. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
  4. المصور (in Arabic). مؤسسة دار الهلال. May 1985.
  5. al-Sīnimā wa-al-nās: el Cinema wal nas (in Arabic). al-Jamʻīyah al-Misṛīyah li-Fann al-Sīnimā. 1987.
  6. "10 times Salah Zulfakar pioneered best scenes in Egyptian cinema". EgyptToday. 2017-11-13. Retrieved 2021-08-10.


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