Ali Badrakhan
Biography
Ali is the son of the director Ahmed Badrkhan and is the former husband of deceased actress So’ad Hosny. He got to know So’ad while filming the movie “Nadia” which was directed by his father Ahmed Badrkhan. ‘Ali was on the set working as an assistant director alongside his father, he married So’ad after the title was filmed. Their marriage continued for a period of 11 years during which he directed several films which featured his wife in leading roles. Some of the films were among the best in the history of Egyptian cinema and they included Al-Karnak, Shafiqa and Metwally and The Love that Was in addition to The Shepherd and the Women, which was So’ad’s last film and was made after their divorce.
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Movie - 1989, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
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.