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The Egyptian artist confirmed to Al Arabiya.net that she did not hire a psychiatrist to embody a “complete” character full of details
Despite her strength in television drama, her eye was always on cinema. It is a great dream for her since entering the artistic community that a movie would bear her name as its heroine, until the artist Engy Al-Moqaddam got that opportunity with the movie “Kamila”, through which she presented her first starring role. She is divorced, and she is eagerly awaiting its release to know what her audience thinks of the film. Especially after it received wide reactions after it was shown at the Red Sea Film Festival in its second session. It is the star Engy El Mokadem, who confirmed in her meeting with Al Arabiya.net her happiness with this film and the cause it presents and how important it is to humanity in general or to women in particular.
* “Kamila” is a movie that has a different status for Engy El-Moqaddam, so what is it?
** Of course, the movie is very important to me, as it is my first absolute championship in cinema, and it discusses many humanitarian issues from a number of dimensions, as it is a topic pertaining to humanity in general and women in particular. Among the topics raised are spinsterhood, harassment, rape, and the late age of marriage, in addition to the problem of female circumcision, which has spread widely recently in Egypt. The story of the film is sensitive to the events it contains, and the role that I present through it is different from the roles I presented before.
Actress Engy El-Mokadam
Do you think that the championship is a little late for you?
**Everything has its time, and according to the appointment set by God, no one knows the unseen or where the good is and when it will come, and we only have to strive and strive, success and success comes from God, and I am a fatalist and believer in what God writes for me.
What is the character that you presented in the movie?
** “Kamila” is a psychiatrist and a spinster woman, as she has aged without marriage, and receives many cases that need treatment in her clinic. During the events of the work, the viewer will see the size of the pressures imposed on her by society, what happens to the cases she supervises, the extent of her sympathy with many and overstepping some of her limits as a doctor. The other side of her problem. But that makes her fall into a professional error because of this matter, and the events follow in a human form. We have been preparing for it for nearly 5 years with director John Ikram.
* Were there special training and preparations for the role?
** There were no special preparations, but it was a character acting workshop, and if the intention was to seek refuge in a psychiatrist, I did not seek the help of any of them, to obtain his opinion. I studied psychology and I have a lot of information, in addition to the fact that the author, Muhammad Abdel Qader, is a psychotherapist, and he was with us throughout the filming. We, as women, live in oriental and masculine societies, and we all face almost the same problems and the same view of women, and in our societies, unfortunately, we have the feeling that women are less than men, and they always lack something, because of the eastern society. And “Kamila”, which I presented, was not far from me as an oriental girl, and I was very understanding of the nature of her personality, despite its difficulty.
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* A character full of all these details, so what motivated you to present it?
** I was very excited when the film was shown to me because it sheds light on very important issues, as there are still many women who suffer from circumcision and early marriage, in addition to the co-work team, led by the great star Lotfi Labib, who considered it a great addition to the film, as well as Salwa Othman and Mai Al-Ghaity. , and Firas Saeed and others. Also, when the film was shown, many were affected by the stories we presented through it, especially as they recounted their suffering inside the clinic, as those scenes were very touching.
* In your first championship, was your collaboration with a director for the first time?
** I always like to collaborate with new people, because they have a new and different vision, and I was very pleased to cooperate with John, as he is a director who is master of his tools and has flexibility and smoothness in dealing, as he is very loyal to what he offers.
Has a date been set for public screening of the film?
** So far, no specific date has been set, but I do not think that it will be shown commercially in theaters, but rather it will be put on platforms.
Engy the presenter
* Do you choose your artwork according to the role presented?
** I did not prepare for anything, because I am a very God-like person, and the paper that I see is new and presented to me and I like it. .
Who helps you choose your business?
** I choose my artwork, and the person who helps me most is my husband, because he is the number one in my life, and he is my business manager.
* How do you see the electronic platforms and have they dominated the artworks now?
** The electronic platforms have provided the opportunity for a large number of artworks to appear in the light by displaying them through the electronic platforms, as they have forced a large number of works of value and artistic level to compete at all levels of acting, directing, story and production, so now all kinds of artworks are displayed, including Social, suspense, romantic action and all kinds, this matter left a great competition between all artists, directors and authors, as well as electronic platforms with time developing themselves.
After the absolute heroism, why did you agree to appear as a guest star in the movie “11-11”?
** Firstly, the idea of the guests of honor did not bother me, as it is a courtesy to friends, and Iyad Nassar is one of my close friends who I enjoy standing in front of, in addition to the idea of the movie I liked, and my role in the movie 11-11 was new and I believe in numbers and the energy of numbers, so I was excited to act with Iyad Nassar For the project and the idea.
*Which do you prefer, dramas or movies?
** I love cinema very much, and who does not love cinema? But I do not know why he has not yet offered me cinematic works that suit me, because I do not want to participate in a cinematic work for the sake of participating only, I must enter the cinema with something big, and not just to participate in a work and finish it. Many cinematic works are offered to me, but I only choose what suits me.
