Hend Sabry Movies, TV Shows, and Filmography
Hend Sabry
Acting
Biography
Hend Sabry is a Tunisian actress. She was born in Kebili province in Tunisia and holds a degree in Intellectual Property. She is known for her work in Egyptian cinema and television and resides in Cairo. Sabry first appeared in the films The Silences of the Palace (1994) and The Season of Men (2000) by director Moufida Tlatli. She gained the attention of Egyptian director Inas El-Degheidy who would eventually cast her as the lead in the controversial film Journals of a Teenager in 2001. Among her most notable roles were those in films like Daoud Abdel Sayed's A Citizen, a Detective and a Thief (2001), Marwan Hamed's The Yacoubian Building (2006) and Ibrahim El-Abyad (2009), and the television series “Ayza Atgawez” (I Want to Get Married).
Filmography Movies
Acting
The Yacoubian Building
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.
Trying to Find Hend
Trying to Find Hend
Ibrahim El-Abyad
After witnessing the murder of his father as a child, Ibrahim is drawn into the criminal underworld of Egypt. While making a name for himself with his best friend Ashri, he finds his high school sweetheart Houria and manages to rekindle their love, but paths intertwine with Abdel Malik Zarzor, the city's crime lord, who is connected somehow to Houria.
Asmaa
A woman who suffers from AIDS decides not to surrender to the fatal disease. She exerts huge efforts in trying to recover or by helping those who suffer the same disease by giving them glimmers of hope.
Best Times
Ahla el-Awqat (The Best of Times) tells the story of a successful middle-aged woman (Salma, played by Hanan Tork) who is left to live with her step father after a not-so-tragic accident that claims the life of her mother. Salma goes on a quest to find out the identity of the sender of mystery letters and packages. One letter includes a picture of her and her two best friends from school (played by the Hend Sabry and Menna Shalaby), whom she has not seen for 14 years. Reunited, the girls embark on the quest of finding the identity of the sender.
Fadel and Neama
Fadel and Naema are an innocent couple that run a food truck business. The events revolve around Fadel, as he goes through many comic situations while managing the restaurant.
The Island 2
Following the events of the first part, Mansour Al-Hefni escapes from prison and reunites with his son Ali and brother to return to the island to recover what they have lost. Mansour must stand against his old love Karima while the leader of the travelers tribe Sheikh Jaafar enters the conflict for rulership
The Bookstore
After a few years spent in France and in the West Indies, Jamil comes home as a broken man. He arrives in a bookshop in the center of colonial Tunis for a temporary job as a clerk. He is attracted to Aicha, 15 years older woman and the mother of the book shop owner Tarak.
Excuse My French
A Christian kid suddenly is forced to go to a public school after his father dies and because of a misunderstanding everyone thinks that he's a Muslim.
Four Daughters
Between light and darkness stands Olfa, a Tunisian woman and the mother of four daughters. One day, her two older daughters disappear. To fill in their absence, the filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania invites professional actresses and invents a unique cinema experience that will lift the veil on Olfa and her daughters' life stories. An intimate journey of hope, rebellion, violence, transmission and sisterhood that will question the very foundations of our societies.
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