Movie: The Farewell Song

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Abdel Halim Hafez
Abdel Halim Hafez

Self (archive footage)

Youssef Wahby
Youssef Wahby

Self

Nagwa Fouad
Nagwa Fouad

Self

Tarek Habib
Tarek Habib

Narrator

Nizar Qabbani
Nizar Qabbani

Self

Kamal Al Taweel
Kamal Al Taweel

Self

Ahmed Fouad Hassan
Ahmed Fouad Hassan

Self

Mohamed El Mougy
Mohamed El Mougy

Self

Mustafa Ameen
Mustafa Ameen

Self

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    Documentary tribute to the Egyptian singer Abdel Halim Hafez produced in 1977 consisting of archive images of the singer during his visit to Paris in September 1974, joined by fictional scenes which take the form of a journalistic investigation. A little-known film in the filmography of Ahmed Rachedi who during this Parisian period will direct another feature film that we would very much like to see again: "A Finger in the Gear" (1973), on a screenplay by Rachid Boudjedra. The credits and some images of "La chanson de l'Adieu", released in France in December 1981 in the famous Luxor hall in Paris where more than 5,000 spectators came to see it.

  • Release Date

    1978-01-01

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    العربية
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