Fantastic.
An ‘ideal’ cemetery2
Chased by the Dogs1962Kamal El SheikhKamel KarimMaher Abdel NourRefuge for the mavericks
Place of mysticism
Final abode
Inspiration
Hope for redemption-Gamal Al-leithy for FilmRunaway criminal finds refuge in CemeteryN.Mahfouz3
Death of the water carrier1977Salah Abou SeifMahmoud SabouMokhtar abdel GawadMost feared place
Connected to bad luck
Where all will end
Death offering a place to allAflam Masr Interna-
tionalStrong friendship between a death
Fearing water carrier and a man who accompanies the dead to their graves (metayebati) Y.Al Sebai4Ay…AY1992Said MarzoukMohsen Nasser Nothing is Impossible when it comes to death
No difference before death between the rich and powerful and the poor and sickAl-Ahram for cinema and video A poor sick man dreams of a grand funerary procession and burial ; when his coffin is mistaken for the ministers his dream comes true5Happiness Thief1995Dawoud Abd El SayedTarek El Telmessani Onsi Abou SeifWhere the poorest areAl SoltanA love story between a handkerchief seller and Ahlam who both live on the outskirts of the city under Moqqatam Hill and are to poor to marry6Love in Jail1983Mohamed Fadelmohsen nasserOnsi Abou SeifRefuge for the most dejected.
Aflam Masr Al-ArabiyaTwo ex convicts can only find a home to shelter their love in the cemetery7The Flat is Woman’s right1985Omar Abdel AzizDia’
Al MahdiGhassan salemWhen all else fails there is always a place thereAl-Shourouk
Org.A divorcee has to leave his flat and move in the only place he can afford, a room in the tombs8I do not lie I embellish myself198?Hani Lashiin
Ibrahim Al-Shakankiri ?Said BakrHussein Al SharifAppearances
Social assumption
Shame and origins
Practise and theory
Double standards
Escaping ones fate
Accepting ones originsTelevision
FilmsA well-read and clever university student turns out to be a resident of the cemetery, son to an undertaker and a washing lady. Ehsan Abdel
Kodous9Devils Paradise2000Osama FawziTarek El TelmessaniNahed BahgatA place of freedom away from social restrictions
A place where the real self is alive
Marginal can existAflam Mahmoud HemedaA bunch of mavericks indulging in marginal life within the shelter of the cemetery take the dead body of their mentor on a final and wild last tour.G.Amado10Karakon in the street1986Ahmad YehyaEssam FaridMaher Adel NourWhen all else fails
Better environment
Proximity of death
Social satyre
New Art FilmAn engineer and his family find no other solution but to move to their family graveyard after the collapse of their building .11Ssaye3 Bahr12Eyes that do not sleep1981Ra’fat El MihiMostafa ImamOnsi Abou SeifEthad Al Fananin Al TaaweneyinA story of rivalry between 2 half brothers fighting over heritage and a womanE.O’Neil13At Bab Al-Wazir1982Mohamed Abdel AzizEssam FaridAbdel Moneim ShokriAflam al etehadA tale of love betrayal poverty and crime14Al Abwash1986Ahmad FouadTarek el telmessaniWhere cri,me and torture can easily happenAflam Al GawharaA young bride is raped under the eyes of her groom my a wild mob as they are on their way home to consummate the marriage15Furnished tombs for rent1986Ali Abdel KhalekMa’moun AtaSocial satyreAl Rania Film16A Bird in the Sky1988Hosam el dine MostafaAli Khayr AllahOnly artist may find a place in their history for such a past
Art knows no boundary
Inspiration
quietnessSoly FilmThe sudden change in fate of a very poor but talented singer who lives in the cemetery as he is discovered by a rich heir who is visiting the grave of her father.17The Dancer and the Undertaker1992The Dancer and the UndertakerNagdi HafezMohamed AssrArt Al HayatAt the death of his father, an undertaker, a young music student has to inherit the job and abandon the promise of an artistic carrier.18Beware of Azzouz1992Nasser HusseinAli Khayr AllahProfanation of the most sacred
The lowest kind of criminalTawatshi for production and diffusionAzzouz is a tomb robber he specialises in selling stolen bodies to doctors and medical students and skulls to drug dealers19The escape1990Atef Al-TayebRefuge for migrants that can live in their own way
Refuge for the lonely widow, the prostitute, the runaway criminalThirsty for justice and revenge an idealist outlaw turns into a criminal his wild escape takes him across the cityNot absolute certainty about the location but hints seem to be clear20Al-Batneyah1980Hosam El-Dine MostafaMossir FaragMaher Abdel NourPlace for the illicit activity
Ideal concealment of illegal merchandise
Burial ground for those who have no place in lifeAflam Mohamed
MokhtarDrug dealers use coffins to conceal their merchandise and hide it underground.21In the Heart of Night1989Atef Al-TayebAbdel Moneim Al BehnessiRoshdi HamedAl Shourouk
Org.A lost young man who fails in every aspect of life turns into a criminal out of low self estime and frustration when he comes out of jail he wanders across the city in madnessNaguib Mahfouz
