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Mohamed Salah Abu Saif

Mohamed Salah Abu Saif

Directing

Biography

He is an Egyptian director and scriptwriter, born to a famous father, Director Salah Abu Seif. Although he is a graduate of the American University in Cairo, Department of Psychology in 1972, Mohamed wanted to be like his dad so he studied directing at the High Cinema Institute and graduated in 1976. He worked with several directors as an assistant director, including his dad in the movie The Bathhouse of Malatily (1973), then directed his attention to commercial advertising. His first movie ever was The Apple and the Skull.

Known For

The Malatily Bathhouse
5.5

The film is an adaptation of a novel by Ismåeel Walieddin. The main character, Ahmad, leaves rural eastern Egypt for the city hoping to become economically self-sufficient, gets an apartment for his parents, and obtains a law degree. He and his family are refugees from a town occupied by the Israeli army, Ismaåilia. Ali, the owner of the Malatily Bathhouse, offers to let him stay there for free. Ahmad encounters several characters there, including Naåeema, a prostitute who he becomes obsessed with, and Raouf, a homosexual man.

The Malatily Bathhouse

1973
The Tale of Three Girls
9.0

Three women each have their own ambitions and aspirations. The first dreams of fame and fortune and meets a rich, married man she attempts to court. The second is a secretary with designs on her boss, even though he too is married. Having learned from her friends' experiences, the third takes an altogether different path.

The Tale of Three Girls

1968
Stay Awake
5.3

Kamel Shehata is an accountant with simple dreams. He tries to forget his problems by resorting to drugs with his friends. Until a spirit that was watching him appeared disguised as a human to help him face life.

Stay Awake

2002
High School Freshmen
N/A

When Surgeon Hamza commits a mistake that leads to the death of a child, he's sentenced to jail and prevented from practicing his profession. The widow Rawia enters his isolated life after meeting her in an auction and then he meets three young teenagers who find refuge in him.

High School Freshmen

2001
Zero Fat
5.7

Ayyoub is a young man who works in the advertizing field; thanks to his autistic mother who helps him to find new ideas. His boss tries to divert his ideas to be exploited in an illegal way. Ayyoub does not give up and decides to take revenge on his boss.

Zero Fat

2005
The Impersonator P2
1.5

In the wake of the 25th of January revolution, the authorities ask the Impersonator to take on the identity of the ousted president Mohamed Morsi and a number of Muslim Brotherhood leaders in order to save Egypt from the growing control of the Muslim Brotherhood.

The Impersonator P2

2016
Nahr Al Khoof
7.3

The story revolves around a quarrel between three young men (Abdulrahman, Adel and Kamal) who were running over a girl walking in the street and between the parents of the girl. They are fans of Upper Egypt, and Abdul Rahman and his colleague get scared. They go to ride the river bus. The driver of the bus is not able to stand, and in the river bus a group of different human models, including the young mother who screams for fear of her children, three nurses and a lawyer who tells the kidnappers every moment of the punishment of these crimes, and the old man who pretends to August and goes against one of the nurses even during the kidnapping.

Nahr Al Khoof

1988
Downtown Shaking
N/A

The film is set in the span of eight hours in the region of downtown Cairo, exploring the variety of characters present in the busy town, and several problems they face in their daily lives, in addition to the economical crisis the whole country is facing.

Downtown Shaking

2015
The Ostrich and the Peacock
7.7

(Hamdy) and (Samira) married to traditional marriage,and they are not satisfied sexually because of problems rooted with them since childhood. Samira goes to Dr.(Fatma) the Psychiatrist hoping to find a solution for their problem,who succeeds in convincing the husband to take part in therapy.

The Ostrich and the Peacock

2002
Caught in a Honey Trap
8.0

After falling in love with a young architect,mayssa shocked to know his involvement with an older woman and the relationship he carries with her,a past of struggling and support

Caught in a Honey Trap

1977
First Year of Love
7.0

A young teacher, Mohamed, rejects a student who happens to be the daughter of Awny, the Minister of Interior. As Mohamed starts working as a journalist and joins the Wafd Party, he learns that Awny has documents that condemn its leader. Mohamed tries to get the incrimating evidence.

First Year of Love

1976
A woman in my blood
4.0

Ahmed gets acquainted with Laila and relates to her, and she agrees to marry Omar without knowing that he is Ahmad's brother. Ahmed informs Laila of a wedding without knowing that he is Omar. Layla thinks he has given up on her and decides to marry Ahmed and Omar lives with them.

A woman in my blood

1978
No image
N/A

After the skilled diver Hassan manages to capture the prince and his gang members, he receives his reward in exchange for informing the police about the prince's gang. The gang members escape during their deportation. The prince burns down Hassan's house, killing his wife and son. Hassan manages to find out where the treasure is. Shams accompanies him with her brother Shukry and his foreign friend Flora, who pays the costs of searching for the treasure.

Jahim 2 (Hurghada)

1990
The Apple and the Skull
N/A

Five passengers of a sunken ship land on a secluded island, Engineer Ahmed (Hassan Youssef), famous actress Zaza (Iman), a foreign young man and wealthy merchant Haj Tolba (Anwar Ismail) and his assistant Karshah (Ibrahim Nasr). Hajj Tolba asks Ahmed to build a boat so that they can leave in exchange for giving him a large check.

The Apple and the Skull

1986