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Said Effendi (1956)

Said Effendi poster
Original title
سعيد أفندي
Directed by
Kameran Husni
Country
Iraq
Runtime
1h 33m
Rating
9.2 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
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How it feels

This is an Iraqi melodrama from 1957. It adapts a novel by Edmond Sabri and was restored in 4K decades later. It became the first Iraqi film shown at the Cannes film festival.

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What happens

Monsieur Saïd (سعيد أفندي, Said efendi) est un mélodrame irakien réalisé par Kameran Hosni et sorti en 1957. Il s'agit d'une adaptation du roman Tranche de vie (شجار) de l'écrivain irakien Edmond Sabri. Le film est présenté en compétition au Festival de Moscou 1959. 65 ans plus tard, le film est restauré en 4K à l'Institut national de l'audiovisuel français à partir du négatif original du film, et il est ensuite projeté au Festival de Cannes 2025 dans la section Cannes Classics. C'est la première fois qu'un film irakien y est projeté. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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