Cairo: Sayed Mahmoud
The stars of the Saudi movie “Al-Hamour H.A.” are watching its commercial shows this week in Egyptian theaters in Cairo, Giza and Alexandria. Al-Banawi, Fahd Al-Qahtani, Ali Al-Sharif, Ismail Al-Hassan, Khairiya Abu Laban, director Abd Al-Ilah Al-Qurashi, producer Adnan Al-Kayyal, and the “Fox” distribution team, while the author of the film, Hani Kadour, was absent due to the death of his mother.
Saudi director Abd al-Ilah al-Qurashi expressed his happiness at showing his movie “Al-Hamour” in Egyptian theaters, saying: “I am proud of this step, especially since I have dreamed of it for a long time. Because showing a Saudi film in Egypt is an important step for us. He explained that he believes that the film is a unique and different experience that he hopes the Egyptian and Arab audiences will enjoy, especially that the audience’s interaction with the first film screening in Egypt exceeded his expectations.
While Fahd Al-Qahtani, the hero of the film, said: “I am happy to show “Al-Hamour” commercially, but I am worried. Because the film is shown in the homeland of Arab art, “Egypt”, and this is a great challenge for us as Saudi filmmakers, because the Egyptian viewer is saturated with cinema, and therefore we must present him with different and distinguished works, and I hope that we will find success. During and after the screening of the film.
Saudi actress Khairiya Abu Laban said: I see that simply showing a Saudi film in Egypt is a great achievement for Saudi film and cinema.