Women Who Loved Cinema

About Women Who Loved Cinema

Six strong-willed women whose adventurous streak changed the face of film industry in early twentieth century Egypt – a time when the country was, despite the liberal ripples, still steeped in conservative tradition. The film shows how these women, different as they were in class and social background, broke taboos and dismissed conventional wisdom to fulfill their overpowering passion for filmmak…

Marianne Khoury's Women Who Loved Cinema is a 2002 documentary film. Nadia Wassef takes the lead as Self, Kamal Abul Ela as Self, Amina Rizk as Self, and Youssef Chahine as Self.

It runs 116 minutes and was released in June 2002. Written by Marianne Khoury.

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