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Khairy Beshara

Khairy Beshara

Directing

Biography

Khairy Beshara is an Egyptian film and television director. He was born and lived his first five years in Tanta, then moved to Cairo with his mother who worked there. He studied film directing at the High Institute of Cinema and graduated in 1967. He then worked as an assistant director, and moved to Poland for a year for his post-graduate studies, where he met his wife. Upon his return to Egypt, he continued working as an assistant director, in addition to teaching acting and screenwriting at the institute. In the period between 1974 and 1986, he directed 12 documentary and short fiction films. His first feature length film was an Egyptian-Algerian co-production, and took 4 years to produce. It finally premiered in 1982. He then went on to direct 11 other feature films, most of which were critically acclaimed and gained cult followings, and several television series.

Known For

A Girl Named Zat
8.0

Based on Sonallah Ibrahim's celebrated novel, "Zaat" explores the social and political winds of change in Egypt starting from 1952, when the main character "Zaat" was born, all the way up to the present day.

A Girl Named Zat

2013
The Flood
7.0

The Mandoah family leads a humble life, with the mother, Safia, bringing up her children after the death of her husband. Her husband has left a piece of land in Ismailia that turns out to be part of the planned area for the Suez Canal project, which causes the price of the land to skyrocket to 300 million pounds. They each find themselves owning millions in the blink of an eye. What will come next?

The Flood

2017
The Second Wife
N/A

The peasants of a rural village live in a state of subjugation and injustice under the iron fist of a powerful Mayor. He decides to marry one of the village's women after losing all hope with his barren wife. He intends to force the peasant Abu El-Ela to divorce his wife, Fatma, so he can marry her.

The Second Wife

2013
The Swallow
7.0

A ship in the United Arab Emirates carrying people of different nationalities on board

The Swallow

2021
Love, Life & Everything in Between
3.2

This black humor pan-Arabic anthology series is about love in general – and relationships in particular.

Love, Life & Everything in Between

2022
Soft Life
N/A

Farida is the daughter of Shaker Elwan, the owner of a big empire in the world of contracting and luxury housing who is also corrupt. Soon the empire crumbles and he escapes out of the country and Farida finds herself alone after everyone left her.

Soft Life

2010
Karma's Curse
N/A

Karma is a businesswoman who's a professional con artist, using her beauty and femininity to trick her victims. Until she falls in love with someone she was going to scam, she tries to escape from him but she meets him again.

Karma's Curse

2018
Best Times
7.5

Ahla el-Awqat (The Best of Times) tells the story of a successful middle-aged woman (Salma, played by Hanan Tork) who is left to live with her step father after a not-so-tragic accident that claims the life of her mother. Salma goes on a quest to find out the identity of the sender of mystery letters and packages. One letter includes a picture of her and her two best friends from school (played by the Hend Sabry and Menna Shalaby), whom she has not seen for 14 years. Reunited, the girls embark on the quest of finding the identity of the sender.

Best Times

2004
America Abracadabra
4.0

A group of young Egyptians are planning to immigrate to the United States from Bucharest. But, when the man they hired steals their money and leave them on the Hungarian border, they are forced to work together to overcome adversity.

America Abracadabra

1993
Nutshells
N/A

To face the declining revenues of the hotel that Raouf runs, he announces a competition to eat the largest amount of food in order to attract more guests, but hundreds of poor people join the contest, turning it into a tragedy that demonstrates various forms of suffering.

Nutshells

1995
A Dinner Date
7.5

This movie revolves around the story of an innocent girl (Nawal) who was married to a rich and possessive man who still wants her back after their divorce; however she meets a hair stylist (Shoukry) and falls in love with him. They get married but her first husband starts torturing Shoukry so he can leave Nawal but he refuses. Eventually, acts of revenge begins from both Nawal and her ex-husband.

A Dinner Date

1981
Bitter Day, Sweet Day
6.6

Aisha is a widow with five children, Sana, Suad, Lamia, Asmaa and Noor. The eldest got married to Orabi the carpenter, and are living in the family's poor house. Orabi starts acting like he's the man of the house, and the other sisters try to find their way in life.

Bitter Day, Sweet Day

1988
The Wife of an Important Man
8.0

When Mona marries the seemingly decent police officer Hisham, she finds out there is more into him than what he shows to the people.

The Wife of an Important Man

1988
Downtown Girls
6.3

The film takes place inside the world of Downtown that is full of stories and many social relations,through two girls,one is a hairdresser and the other is a saleswoman in a clothing store.

Downtown Girls

2005
Silence!
7.0

The married couple Hommos and Halawa perform their choreographic show in the street, to the amusement of a record label owner who records a song for them. When a famous singer called Ghandour steals their song, they embark on a journey to take revenge.

Silence!

1991
Villa 69
7.0

Hussein is a terminally ill yet charming architect who enjoys a solitary routine in his old family home, and a variety of female visitors. Not realizing his past is about to catch up with him, Hussein's sister and her grandson move into the house, disrupting a well-established lifestyle, and forcing him to re-examine his ideas about life, love, and family.

Villa 69

2013
Diary of a Country Prosecutor
7.3

Based on the novel by Egyptian writer Tawfiq al-Hakim, 1937, Diary of A Country Prosecutor records the daily activities and tribulations of a public official appointed to act as a village justice in the countryside.

Diary of a Country Prosecutor

1969
Knight of the City
8.3

Fares who managed to build his fortune from scratch using illegal methods goes through a tough phase in his life as his investment companies go bankrupt and his marital life becomes a total mess, and he has to find a way to save both.

Knight of the City

1992
Factory Girl
6.4

Hiyam, a young factory worker, lives in a lower-middle-class neighbourhood, along with her co-workers. She is clearly under the spell of Salah, the factory's new supervisor. Believing that love can transcend their class differences, Hiyam relentlessly pursues a dream of the pair being together. However, when a pregnancy test is discovered in the factory premises, her immediate family and close friends accuse her of sinning. Hiyam decides not to defend herself and pays an enormous price in a society that fails to accept her.

Factory Girl

2014
Half a Rabbit
6.5

Siraj checks for half a million pounds from the bank for the contracting company and his girlfriend Kawther. The employee Yousuf and Nishal Rifai covet the seized bag and kidnap her as they reach an abandoned place, but discover that the bag is empty. They agree to look for the original bag. He kills Siraj Kawther, then lives in a hotel with money, pays him a rich girl to take money from him, faces him, everyone dies, and Joseph is carrying the bag with money half a rabbit in the sea.

Half a Rabbit

1983