Kamla Abu Zekry

Cairo, Egypt

 

Director

Egipatska redateljica, diplomirala je na institutu za film u Kairu. S Naderom Galalom korežirala je film Hello America (2000.), a četiri godine kasnije samostalno režira romantičnu komediju Sana oula nasb (First Year Con, 2004.). Slijede drama Malek wa ketaba (Heads & Tails, 2005.), An el ashq wel hawa (Of Love and Passion, 2006.), Wahed Safir (One Zero, 2009.) i trenutno posljednji, segment u omnibusu Tamantashar yom (18 Days, 2011.). Upravo radi na televizijskoj seriji That, koja prati društveno-ekonomske i političke promjene unutar Egipta od 1952. godine do danas.

Filmography


Films by this director

One-Zero

(Wahed-Sefr, 2009.)

Directed by: Kamla Abu Zekry
PHOTOGRAPHY: Nancy Abdel-Fattah
Synopsis:

This film follows the lives of eight characters during a single day, before an important soccer game. A young religious nurse Rihan visits her patients in their homes, while her sister Nina dreams of becoming a pop singer. She appears on a TV show where an alcoholic host, Sherif, humiliates her. He is having an affair with the rich older Christian woman, Niveen, but leaves her when she tells him that she is pregnant. Nina breaks up with the hair-dresser Adel to become Selim’s lover. Even though...

digital, color, 105 min
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