I Love Cinema(بحب السيما)
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Egypt · 2004
2h 4m
Director Ossama Fawzy
Starring Layla Olwy, Mahmoud Hemida, Youssef Osman, Menna Shalabi
Genre Drama, Comedy
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A child who loves the cinema struggles with a fanatic dad who finds everything (including cinema) a sin, and a mother who is sexually repressed.
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