The Days of Sadat explained

Days of Sadat
Director:Mohamed Khan
Producer:Ahmad Zaki
Starring:Ahmad Zaki
Mervat Amin
Mona Zaki
Music:Yasser Abdel-Rahman
Cinematography:Tarek El-Telmissany
Editing:Khaled Merhi
Nadia Shoukry
Runtime:165 minutes
Country:Egypt
Language:Egyptian Arabic
Budget:£E 6,000,000

Days of Sadat (أيام السادات) is a 2001 Egyptian biographical film about the third President of Egypt Anwar Al Sadat. The film features Ahmad Zaki as the Egyptian president. Cast includes Mervat Amin, Mona Zaki and Ahmed El Sakka. The film captured intimate details about the president in great accuracy. One notable characteristic of Sadat was his speech pattern, which Ahmad Zaki captured strongly in his performance.

Cast

Reception

When the movie was released in 2001, it attracted a huge following in Egypt, ranking as one of Egypt's highest-grossing movies. This was Zaki's second biographical movie, following Nasser 56.[1]

Director Mohamed Khan received high praise for his directing of the movie. However, some critics claimed that the movie was a bit too biased, since it only focused on the writings of Sadat himself from his book, In Search of an Identity.

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Notes and References

  1. Joel Gordon. Days of Anxiety/Days of Sadat: Impersonating Egypt's Flawed Hero on the Egyptian Screen. Journal of Film and Video. 54. 2–3. 2002. 20688378. 27–42.