Rendezvous with the Past

Country

Egypt

Runtime

1h 53m

How it feels

A man returns to his childhood home and reexamines old relationships and regrets. The film follows his interactions with people from his past as he tries to come to terms with what he has lost.

melancholicnostalgiccontemplativeslow-pacedbittersweetreflectivewistful

What happens

Mahmoud Zulfikar (Arabic: محمود ذو الفقار; 18 February 1914 – 22 May 1970) was an Egyptian film director, film producer, screenwriter, and actor. He was a figure in Egyptian film industry. He started his career as an architect, before starting his film career as an actor in 1939. Zulfikar was one of the most prominent artists in Egypt. He was known for his boldness and adventure with the new talents he presented to the Egyptian audience, later, he was nicknamed the "Talent Finder". Growing up in an aristocratic family. He's also the elder brother of filmmaker Ezz El-Din Zulfikar and actor Salah Zulfikar. He obtained his high school diploma in 1930, then a bachelor's degree in architecture in 1935. He joined the Ministry of Endowments in the Islamic Decorations Department. There, he met the director Hussein Fawzy, who nominated him for the lead role in the film Bayayet El Tiffah (1939), and also the lead opposite the singer Malak in the film El awda il al rif (1939). Afterwards, his films followed, thus beginning a long career in acting, followed by his career in filmmaking, being a notable multi-talented artist. He used technical calculations to film the scenes that were difficult to capture at the physical location. He also used his ideas to develop the final versions of his scripts for production. This earned him in Egypt the nickname of "The Event Maker". He assumed direct control over most aspects of his filmmaking, Zulfikar cultivated an expertise in screenwriting, directing, editing, and producing. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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