Danger Bells

An Egyptian-American returns to his homeland after twenty years abroad, filled with nostalgia and high hopes. But as he reconnects with his roots, he finds himself caught between two worlds—and begins to experience the reality of a country he thought he knew.

Eleven directors from eleven countries each contribute an eleven-minute short reflecting on the events of 11 September 2001: A village teacher in Iran tries to explain to her young students what's happened; city kids in Burkina Faso think they've spotted Osama bin Laden; a deaf Frenchwoman in Manhattan writes a Dear John letter to a man who left that morning for work at the World Trade Center; a Chilean remembers Allende; events recall other deaths; a mother endures more than her son's death. Tones vary, as do the locales. Most concern coming to terms with the events of the day, but at least one confronts the viewer with tragedy and death.

Four girlfriends each one suffers from a problem: one is a Kleptomaniac, another is obsessed with fame and the other two are so emotionally deprived that they have started to hate men. The four of them fall in the hands of three young men who are crippled by self-hatred.

In the 12th century's Andalusia lives Ibn Rushd a prominent Islamic philosopher with his wife Zeinab and daughter Salma. The principality is ruled by Khalifa ElMansour who has two sons, ElNasser, an intellectual that likes Ibn Rush and is in love with his daughter Salma. The younger son Abdallah is more into dancing and poetry, spending most of his times with the gypsy family and getting the daughter pregnant. The Khalifa is depending on the extremists to build his army granting them more power which they use to combat artists and philosophers. The extremists succeed in recruiting Abd Allah and train him to kill his father. Events go on where Marawan, the gypsy singer, is killed and Ibn Rushd's books are burnt. Adapted from the real life of Ibn Rushd AlMasir is Chahine's statement against extremism.

Three lawyers, brought by friendship but separated by interests, Fathi Nofal, who turns from a committed lawyer to an opportunist, while Ali al-Zanati joins religious extremist groups to make financial gains , and the third Mohsen only works as a simple employee away from conflict.

When Kadry El Meniawy becomes the minister of Youth and sports, the attractive woman Anita from Denmark comes to Egypt for cultural exchange between the two countries. As she stays at the minister's villa, his sons try to get close to her while he also falls for her.

The lives of residents in an old Cairo building, "The Yacoubian Building," are affected by issues like corruption, extremism, class disparity, and sexuality. Through diverse characters, the film offers a critical examination of Egyptian society.

Sodfa suffers in her life from her husband, Sayed the idiot, her cousin, who lives with her in his mother’s house in Abu Qir. Mahmoud returns to the place after completing his studies and supervises the brick factory owned by Um Sayed, which angers Sodfa, who knows that she was in a relationship with Mahmoud. Mahmoud assures her of his love, so she asks him to marry her after she asks for a divorce from Sayed, who turns out to be listening to their conversation closely, so a fight breaks out between them, and Sodfa encourages him to kill him.

Hasan Youssef plays Mohsen, a doctor who is in love with a nurse named Mona (Warda Al-Jazaria). They hope to marry soon, however Mohsen's father refuses to allow the marriage: he has promised his son to the daughter of a wealthy benefactor, to settle a long standing debt. In order to convince the father to allow their marriage, Mohsen asks Mona to work as his father's private nurse and work to win him over.

Ferial resents her twin brother Fahmy for getting engaged, while Saad struggles to win her over because of her devotion to Fahmy.

Murtada al-Salamuni's father's mansion gets seized and his wife leaves him, forcing him to reside in his family's country house. He tries to find work at Abdullah Bahnas, but he rejects him. Murtada decides to take revenge by cooperating with three thieves. led by Mahrous to steal important papers from by Abdullah to blackmail him.

The film revolves around the wife, Estiftah and her husband Jebel, both of whom earn their living from theft. During the process of stealing one of the villas, she was arrested while her husband fled, and he began to believe that he would take care of her son and wait for her when she was released from prison. She was found guilty of life imprisonment, and was surprised that Jebel was not interested in the prison and did not ask about her. After leaving after serving her sentence, she searches for her husband and son, and finds her husband married a rich young woman named Safi. Net, and events start when you try to open Est The birth of her son, while trying Djabl away from his new life.

Najwa, a music teacher from the city of Minya, Upper Egypt, seizes the opportunity to come to Cairo on a trip with her students to search for Tahany, her first teacher that taught her music and used to live in an apartment in Heliopolis.

Ali Abd-El-Zaher is a member of an Islamic radical group which has been launching attacks against the government and the society under the orders of the spiritual leader Brother Saif. Ali manages to assasinate an officer, but as he escapes from the authorities he gets hit by a car driven by Sewsan, the daughter of a respected Muslim family living in the Maadi district. Sewsan's father who is a surgeon and his family take care of the injured terrorist who then tries to conceal the truth about his personality, such as his dislike of music, unveiled women and Western life styles.

The film revolves around Saeed AL-Masri (Adel Imam), one of the pilots of the October War who lost his eye-sight after his plane crashed during the war. Saeed AL-Masri is forced to live in a home for disabled people that is managed by a very bureaucratic managers which they turn it into a prison.

Ezzat is a famous author who publishes a novel entitled The Visit, which becomes a big success. He runs into an old friend, who loves him, but he does not share her feelings. But when the friend dies in her home the same way Ezzat wrote in his novel, the detective turns to Ezzat to find out the truth.

A wife enters into a love affair after her husband neglects her.

After we last see him in "Alexandria, Why?" Egyptian filmmaker Yehia Mourad is in his thirties, and successful in his work, he has grown distant from his wife and children and suffers a symbolic blockage of the heart while shooting the final scenes of his latest film. After being flown to England for evaluation, it's determined that Yehia must undergo emergency surgery. Fact and fiction blend seamlessly—with healthy doses of cleverly absurdist fantasy—as the film explores the various personalities and forces that have made Yehia (and Youssef Chahine) the man he has become.

The play tells the story of four siblings trying to stop their father from leaving his family for another woman after one of them accidentally finds a love letter from an unknown woman to their father.

Mohammed , Helmi and Tawfiq are three friends, each one is very different from the other, Mohamed is careless who leaves his wife when she gets pregnant, while Helmi is an engineer who insists on doing what's right and defies danger and Tawfiq is an opportunist who cares for nothing.

Rayya and Sekina, two poor sisters, kill their stepmother Ammuna and seize her gold, and to bury her body, Rayya marries Hasab Allah, and Sekina marries Abdel Aal, who works in the police station, so that he would dispel suspicions against them. Over time, they get used to bringing women to their homes, killing them, and stealing their gold.

An adaptation of “Crime and Punishment", a young educated man's descent into madness and paranoia after committing a crime, and finding comfort in the company of kind-hearted but abused poor prostitute in the middle of his turmoil.

Famous actress Sherine lives with her uncle Dr. Omar and his daughter Amal, suffering a headache that comes back to her. Examined by Dr. Adel, and it turns out that she has cancer and sentenced to death within a few months and learns his teacher. Sheren is confronted with death by courage, while Adel discovers some scientific victories through which to cure his wife.

Adel and Salwa love each other and decide to marry, but Adel doesn't have enough money and is reluctant to take this step. Salwa encourages him and reassures her that she will be by his side. They get married but they can't afford to buy an apartment.

Farida yields to the pressure of her father and marries the businessman Osama despite her love for Dr. Ibrahim. She lives with him in Paris a miserable life. Ibrahim succeeds in his work and becomes a famous doctor, while Farida gets divorced and returns to Egypt but a great tragedy awaits her.

Nemat (Lebleba) is a girl searching for her mother who has been away from her for fifteen years and has traveled to Casablanca. Nemat is upset with her father Afifi Bey (Ahmed Mazhar) who does not want to help her, so she decides to return to Egypt to get her mother's inheritance. She meets Ahmed (Hatem Zulfikar) who invites her to dinner. While they are eating, they meet Najaf (Safiya Al-Omari) and Khashaba (Abdel Moneim Madbouly), the show artists, who we discover are related to Ahmed and are a group of swindlers.

Although Hatem earned a PhD in agriculture from the USA, he is still envious and holds a deeply rooted grudge against others, specially his family who have always treated his older brother better than him. Upon his return, Hatem decides to open a cosmetics factory, and events unfold dramatically.

Despite her family's objection to the match, Hoda, daughter to businessman Abu Madi, marries their driver Hassan. Samiha, meanwhile, is led astray as she surrenders to the pimp Karam. Hoda and Samiha eventually cross paths. Where is that going to take them?

In prison, Sayed Kabaka meets two of his closest friends, Bader and Mustapha. After getting out, Mustapha finds out that his wife died without receiving the proper care promised by his partners, and that his daughter is placed in an orphanage. He teams up with Kabaka and Bader to take revenge on his partners for what they did.

Noha is preparing to marry a young diplomat , but then finds herself charged in a murder case. Her father,the former police officer, discovers that the one behind the crime is her twin sister who he thought died while she's living with a gang. Her father tries to bring her back home.

A doctor finds herself criminally involved in a baseless crime after a minor accident causes unbelievable mischief and trouble. She spends her days in police stations, security services and hospitals waiting for her lawyer to prove her innocence.

Adel is a journalist for a major newspaper, divorced and single, he was married before and has a daughter. One night, in the bar he always visits, he meets Nash'at al Kashef, the son of a the famous businessman Fahmy Al Kashef. Nash'at kills the bartender and he injures the belly dancer Nadia when she refuses to go back to his house with him. Adel calls the police, but Fahmy uses his power to get the accusation off his son. Adel succeeds in reaching Nadia, the only witness, and makes her confess what she saw to the police, who catch Nash'at and send him to court. Adel falls in love with Mosheera, daughter of Fahmy Al Kashef. The court finds Nash'at not guilty, so Adel decides to set justice to the case by his own hands.

Enas (Magda El Khatib) and her husband Adel (Youssef Shaaban) covet her father Galal's (Farid Shawqi) wealth. As for her younger sister Hala (Yousra), she is kind to him and loves Khaled (Hatem Zulfikar). Galal marries Laila. Adel finds a document proving that his father-in-law Galal spent some time years ago in a mental hospital. Thus, Adel can obtain a power of attorney from his wife to seize his father-in-law's money and property.

In a high school plagued by five unruly students who have failed to graduate for over a decade, the principal hires a new teacher in a last-ditch effort to restore order. Effat, the newly appointed instructor, takes on the challenge with hopes of reforming the troublemakers into model students.

An ex-goalkeeper starts working as a talent scout and travels all over the world in search of professional players to join Egyptian football clubs.

An archaelogist falls under the spell of a statue with a curse on it.

For the first time, Alaa participates in a drug gang operation. He rides in the girls' basketball team's car and hides the heroin he is smuggling in one of their bags. Police officer Raed watches him to identify the gang members. Iman is impressed by him and he confesses his true identity when she surprises him while he is searching her bag for heroin, and things get complicated for them.

Two friends Marzouk and Barakat, work with street vendor Batta on her cart in the melon trade. Al-Gayiar who works in the trade of stolen cars admires them, they work with him till they become his competitors. He decides to get rid of them after they've become a treat.

Ramy is living a reckless life, but the tough economic conditions and the successive crises made him a different person, his actions are now serious and he becomes more enthusiastic in addressing the problems facing the country and he participates significantly in the daily life concerns.

A young man working in Alexandria marries his beautiful sweetheart, which is desired by a senior official in the Socialist Union uses his influence to get the husband unjustly imprisoned and sentenced to 25 years. And then comes out to avenge those who imprisoned him.

A comedic play about a struggling theater cast seeking funding to show one of its plays. They stay in a hotel waiting for the financier, but they don't have money to pay the hotel bill, thus getting them into troubles.

Mahrous is wrongfully accused of a murder case and flees his village with his wife. When the two save a married woman from some men 's attempt to assault her, the husband rewards them by giving them a job.

Abdel Rahim is a wealthy businessman who amassed his fortune through illegal means, assisted by his business manager, Madkour. Ibrahim also works for him as the manager of one of his retail branches. Ibrahim transports goods hoarded by Abdel Rahim to increase their prices to the store. One day, a rush of customers buying certain items causes chaos, resulting in damaged products. Angry, Abdel Rahim fires Ibrahim. By mistake, Ibrahim receives an invitation to the birthday party of Soheir, Abdel Rahim's daughter. On the night of the party, several comedic and strange incidents occur as Ibrahim encounters various unique individuals.

Antar is a poor farmer who flies to Italy after he sings a job contract with one of his relatives. After he arrives in Italy, he discovers that the contract is fake, and he gets manipulated by a director to act in porn films. He returns to Egypt and starts war against Medht, who is trying to take his wife's piece of land.

Zidane marries the dancer, Aziza. Sultan gets involved in the drug trade. Zidan disagrees with the gang leader, so she agrees with Sultan to kill him.