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After 42 years since the screening of the movie “The Bus Driver”, a classic of Egyptian cinema and one of the most important films in the history of cinema, the film was restored this year at the Film Restoration Center in Media Production City. The movie “Nutshell” was also restored, 29 years after its screening, which was a launching point for a new generation of artists, to be screened after its restoration at the El Gouna Film Festival in its seventh session.
The Bus Driver was first screened in January 1982 at the International Film Festival of India in New Delhi and was released commercially on May 16, 1982, at the Radubis Cinema in Cairo.
The film included a constellation of Egyptian art stars, including Nour El-Sherif, Emad Hamdy, Mervat Amin, Hassan Hosni, Wahid Seif, Nabila El-Sayed, and Abdullah Mahmoud. It was written by Mohamed Khan, with a story, screenplay, and dialogue by Bashir El-Deek, and directed by Atef El-Tayeb.
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The film is ranked 8th on the list of the best 100 Egyptian films, which is the result of a poll in which many Egyptian critics participated in 1996 to choose the best 100 Egyptian films of the twentieth century, as part of the activities of the Cairo International Film Festival in its twentieth session. It was ranked 33rd on the list of the best 100 films in Arab cinema according to a poll of film critics and intellectuals conducted by the Dubai International Film Festival in 2013 during the tenth session of the festival, and it was chosen at the forefront of the best 30 Egyptian films from 1979 to 2013 according to a poll by the Alexandria Film Festival.
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"Nutshell" to be screened at El Gouna Film Festival after restoration
The movie "Nutshell" was released in 1995, written by Medhat El-Adl and directed by Khairy Beshara. The movie includes a group of prominent stars, including Mahmoud Yassin, Hussein Fahmy, Abla Kamel, Hamid El-Shaeri, Rania Mahmoud Yassin, Mohamed Henedy, Alaa Waly El-Din, and Tarek Lotfy.
The film was restored at the Film Restoration Center in Media Production City, 29 years after its release, and was screened at the closing ceremony of the El Gouna Film Festival after its restoration.
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Actress Rania Mahmoud Yassin stated that her late father Mahmoud Yassin’s film “Nutshell” produced a new generation of actors more than the film “Ismailia Raeh Gayy” starring Mohamed Henedy and Mohamed Fouad. She confirmed in her statements to “Arab Wood” that the film presented new talents, while the film “Ismailia Raeh Gayy” only contributed to highlighting his talent. She pointed out that Henedy himself might acknowledge this, as “Nutshell” is considered a starting point for him.