HIBAPRESS – A.Sayyad
The 22nd edition of the Marrakech International Film Festival is preparing to host the world premiere of the Egyptian film "The Lady," which tells the story and biography of the great artist Umm Kulthum and her artistic career.
The film had 18 minutes of it shown in the previous edition within the Atlas Workshops program and received support from the festival, to return this year with its full screening within the celebratory screenings section.
The film was written by Kawkab Al-Sharq Ahmed Murad and directed by Marwan Hamed, and the cast includes Ahmed Helmy, Karim Abdel Aziz, Sayed Ragab, Ahmed Khaled Saleh, Mohamed Farag, Amina Khalil, Nelly Karim, Amr Saad, Ahmed Dawood, and Ahmed Radwan.
In addition to "The Lady," the festival will witness various screenings, most notably the opening film "Dead Man's Thread" from America, and *"Sofia"* from Tunisia, and *"Frankenstein"* from the United States, and *"Hamnet"* from the United Kingdom, and *"The Homecoming"* from India, and *"Zanka Malaga"* from Morocco, and *"Private Life"* from France, in addition to the closing film "Palestine".
