Euro Film Panorama: Sat 30 Nov Daily Recommendations

Ahram Online, Friday 29 Nov 2013

Ahram Online recommends Oh Boy (Germany 2012), Alam Laysa Lana (Lebanon/UK/Denmark 2012) and Hiroshima Mon Amour (France 1959)

Panorama

Oh Boy (Germany 2012)

Niko lives for the moment, dreaming, drifting and marvelling until he's confronted by his girlfriend breaking up with him, his father cutting off his allowance and a psychiatrist confirming his “emotional imbalance.” But all Niko wants is a decent cup of coffee.

Saturday 30 November, 6.30pm at Galaxy Cinema, 67 Abdel-Aziz Al-Saud St., El Manial

Read more on the film, watch its trailer and its screening times here.

Read Ahram Online's review of the film here.

Alam Laysa Lana (A World Not Ours) (Lebanon/UK/Denmark 2012)

A World Not Ours is an intimate and often humorous portrait of three generations of exiled refugees, in the refugee camp of Einel-Helweh in southern Lebanon. Based on a wealth of personal recordings, family archives, and historical footage, the film is a sensitive and illuminating study of belonging, friendship, and family.

Saturday 30 November, 3.30pm at Galaxy Cinema, 67 Abdel-Aziz Al Saud St., El Manial
Saturday 30 November, 6.30pm at City Stars Cinema, Omar Ibn El-Khattab Street, Nasr City

Read more on the film, watch its trailer and its screening times here.

Hiroshima Mon Amour (Hiroshima My Love) (France 1959)

An actress arrives in Hiroshima to star in a film about peace, where she meets a Japanese man and they quickly become lovers and confidants. She narrates to the story of her teenage years in Nevers during WWII, how she fell in love with a German soldier and the humiliation she was subjected to during the liberation.

Saturday 30 November, 6.30pm at Plaza Cinema, Americana Plaza Mall, Sheikh Zayed

Read more on the film, watch its trailer and its screening times here.

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