Set in 1987 against the backdrop of a hunger strike by the Egyptian film industry, Chahine himself steps in to play Yehia, the famed Egyptian director whose life is chronicled in "Alexandria, Why?" and "An Egyptian Story". Obsessed with Amr, the handsome actor he discovered and cast as his alter-ego in parts one and two of The Alexandria Trilogy, Yehia pressures Amr to star in various film projects that change even as Yehia's perception of the young actor begins to change. He first casts Amr as Hamlet, which the actor deems too demanding for his talents, then as the lead in a musical biopic of demigod Alexander the Great, who founded the city of Alexandria in 332 B.C.
Directed by Youssef Chahine
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Cast
Youssef Chahine
Yehia Eskendarany / Marc Antoine / Sostratus / Hephaestion
Yousra
Nadia
Hussein Fahmy
Stelio
Amr Abdel Gelil
Amr / Alexandre / Hamlet
Hesham Selim
Magdy
Tahiya Cariocca
Tahia
Huda Sultan
Nadia's Mother
Seif Abdelrahman
Mohamed Bey
Abla Kamel
Curator
Zaki Fatin Abdel Wahab
Guindi
Mohamed Henedi
Salah Zulfikar
Self
Ragaa Hussein
Hassan El-Adl
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