- published: 30 Nov 2014
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Manal was an early Argentine rock group. Together with Almendra and Los Gatos, they are considered founders of Argentine rock. The band members were Claudio Gabis on guitar, Javier Martínez on drums and vocals, and Alejandro Medina on bass and vocals. Unusually for a drummer, Martínez was the band's lead vocalist and leading songwriter.
The band grew out of the mythic "La Cueva" club, birthplace of the first generation of Argentine rock groups. Martínez was a regular, and Gabis played guitar with several bands, including Miguel Abuelo's Los Abuelos. Gabis was not keen about joining a band and regularly as he was committed to college, but eventually was persuaded by Martínez, and Manal was born.
The name "Manal" was based on the word mano ("hand"), which had acquired an additional meaning among young people in Buenos Aires, to refer to "things" or "the situation" (e.g. cómo viene la mano, lit. "how's the hand coming", would mean "how are things going"). Martínez would use "manal" as a made-up adjective, instead of the correct "manual".
Actors: Gladys Joujou (editor), Georges Schoucair (producer), Fadi Abi Samra (actor), Mahmoud Hojeij (writer), Husam Chadat (actor), Mahmoud Hojeij (director), Nada Abou Farhat (actress), Hassan Mrad (actor), Mounzer Baalbaki (actor), Aïda Sabra (actress), Manal Khader (actress), Diamand Abou Abboud (actor), Lara Ayoub (producer), Myriam Sassine (producer), Yara Abou Haidar (actress),
Plot: In an apartment building in Beirut, on the last day of the year, seven characters start their day by visiting their psychologist as part of the weekly ritual. On that couch in their psychologist's office, they face themselves and their loved ones in trying to define what is most important to them. Each of them, from the patients to the residents of the building, has a different story to share, inner secrets and hidden wishes. All keep to themselves, except for the porter Abou Karim, who extends his presence and allows himself to interfere in the lives of others and in their destinies.
Keywords: psychologyActors: Mohamed Nesrate (director), Mohamed Khouyi (actor), Rabie Kati (actor), Salah Dizane (actor), Adil Aissa (composer), Mansour Badri (actor), Abdellatif Chaouki (actor), Mohamed Quatib (actor), Younes Benzakour (actor), Moulay Ahmed Belghiti (producer), Noufissa Benchehida (actress), Hanane Ouarda (miscellaneous crew), Abdenbi El Beniwi (actor), Iman Reghay (actress), Zineb Zamara (actress),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Dina Farouk (producer), Sabry Abdel Monem (actor), Dina Farouk (editor), Sayed Ragab (actor), Ramsi Lehner (actor), Mohamed Farag (actor), Hani El Metenawy (actor), Racha Najdi (producer), Ayten Amer (actress), Nadine Khan (writer), Marwa Abdel Samie (costume designer), Nadine Khan (director), Fatma Kamal (actress), Nefertary Gamal (actress), Amira Essam (actress),
Plot: This is the story of lost love in a controversial setting. Manal, Zaki and Mounir are in there twenties, living in a confined community where basic needs are met yet chaos and disorder brew. The two boys are in love with the same girl who finds herself being the bet for a football match between them; the winner marries Manal. This story reflects a football and play-station youth and how they deal with their emotions in a community that is increasingly closed off and isolated.
Genres: Drama, Family, Fantasy,Actors: Abdulmajeed Mamudu (actor), Ananga Stella Iyimoga (producer), Ananga Stella Iyimoga (writer), Ananga Stella Iyimoga (actor), Ananga Stella Iyimoga (editor), Ananga Stella Iyimoga (director), Jessica Radaza-Clark (actress), Manal Wicki (actor), William Corbett (actor), Jackie Gasper-Moore (actor),
Genres: Drama, Romance, Short,Actors: Youssra (actress), Adel Imam (actor), Nader Galal (director), Youssef Eid (actor), Fouad Khalil (actor), Alaa Waley El Din (actor), Mustafa Metwalli (actor), Alaa Morsy (actor), Said Abdel Ghani (actor), Khaled Sarhan (actor), Mohamed El Dafrawy (actor), Ahmed Nader Galal (director), Gharib Mahmoud (actor), Mohamed Zain (producer), Nabil Elhawary (actor),
Plot: In the year 1807, they city of Rashid is under attack by the British forces. Harfoush, a brave knight must deliver a message to the ruler of Egypt to demand military aid in order to resist the enemy. After killing some soldiers, he finds himself in a cave with a wise old man who tells him about his destiny. When Harfoush wakes up he realizes that he is now at the gates of Cairo except it is the year 1998, as he tries to look for the country's ruler to give him the important letter he gets arrested on suspicion for being a terrorist. The officers interrogate him while he insists that his mission is to see the ruler, they see him as a deranged man and transfer him to a mental hospital where he meets Enas, a psychiatrist who believes his story and tries to find a way to help him escape.
Keywords: 1800s, 19th-century, antique, british-soldier, broken-television, cave, city-under-attack, electric-shock, elevator, english-colonizationActors: Samir Sabri (actor), Mervat Amin (actress), Magda El-Khatib (actress), Mona Zaki (actress), Ahmed Khalil (actor), Ilham Shaheen (actress), Khaled Nabawy (actor), Ashraf Fahmy (director), Dalia Ibrahim (actress), Adel Amin (actor),
Genres: Drama, Thriller,