Capital Celluloid 2023 — Day 192: Wed Jul 12

Daddy Amin (Chahine, 1950): BFI Southbank, NFT2, 8.30pm


This screening is part of the Youssef Chahine season at BFI Southbank. The film will also be screened on July 1st. Details here.

BFI introduction:
In Chahine’s charming feature debut – a moving tribute to his father – Amin’s ghost returns from the afterlife to witness his family suffering the consequences of a shady business deal he was involved in. The film marked Faten Hamamah’s dazzling screen debut and foregrounds the socio-political undercurrents that would run through much of Chahine’s subsequent work.

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