Scheherazade: Tell Me a Story

2009

2h 14m

Drama

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89%

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9 Reviews

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500+ Ratings

A talk show host causes controversy in Cairo when she focuses on women's issues.

Jeannette Catsoulis

New York Times

Lively, swift, vibrantly colorful and for the most part wonderfully acted, the film is slyly aware of the daytime talk show as a vehicle for women's concerns.

Rated: 3.5/5

Aug 11, 2011

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Nick Schager

Village Voice

Nasrallah's artistry is ultimately incapable of matching his narrative's social significance.

Aug 9, 2011

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Fernando F. Croce

Slant Magazine

Scheherazade brims with faith in storytelling as art's great way of lifting society's veils.

Rated: 3/4

Aug 8, 2011

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Prairie Miller

NewsBlaze

A scathing update of the Thousand And One Nights classic of a queen's bid to stay alive through unique female survival instincts linked to the gift of gab. And a film that was surely a political prophesy, of the historic Tahrir Square uprisings to come.

Aug 13, 2011

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Kam Williams

NewsBlaze

A clarion call for the Middle East to emerge from the Middle Ages!

Rated: 4/4

Aug 12, 2011

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Peter Galvin

sbs.com.au

Read in terms of a pure melodrama the movie is wrenching.

Rated: 3/5

Apr 13, 2011

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Powerful film from Egypt is entertaining as well as topical.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Audience Member

"Scheherazade Tell Me a Story" is a Grandiose ,potent ,Thought-provoking motion picture featuring excellent performances and an marvelous direction by youssry nassrallah this film is without any doubt my favorite egyptian film of 2009

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/02/23

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Audience Member

Never knew Egyptian movies could be so engaging! A Movie well done!

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/14/23

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Audience Member

Why don't egyptian films have the right to a picture here?... :-( very good film! â¥â¥â¥â¥

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/18/23

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Audience Member

A confronting journalistic take on the plight of women in Egypt, from the high and mighty, to the various downtrodden, and how there is little difference.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/11/23

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Audience Member

saw this little film two years ago and we simply loved it . i can see now why it is finally being released. my fav line "when the go vernment is corrupt every thing is politics". try to catch this timely gem.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/26/23

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Synopsis

A talk show host causes controversy in Cairo when she focuses on women's issues.

Director: Yousry Nasrallah
Producer: Kamel Abo-Ali
Screenwriter: Wahid Hamed
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Arabic
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 3, 2016
Runtime: 2h 14m

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