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Alexandria... Why? (1979) | ecco

Alexandria... Why?

The Criterion Channel

Alexandria... Why?

2h 13 min

1979

Algeria

7.3

NR

Yehia is a young man living in the cosmopolitan Alexandria during World War II. Inspired by American movies and Shakespeare, he aspires to be an actor, but struggles to pursue his Hollywood dream, given the constraints of his life in the middle class and the horrors of war.

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