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The Farewell Song

The Farewell Song

Original Title: أغنية الوداع

  • Film
  • 1981
  • 1h 56m
  • Released

Documentary tribute to the Egyptian singer Abdel Halim Hafez produced in 1977 consisting of archive images of the singer during his visit to Paris in September 1974, joined by fictional scenes which take the form of a journalistic investigation. A little-known film in the filmography of Ahmed Rachedi who during this Parisian period will direct another feature film that we would very much like to see again: "A Finger …

  • Directing Ahmed Rachedi
  • Writing Ahmed Rachedi
  • Starring Abdel Halim Hafezنزار قبانيTarek Habib

Documentary tribute to the Egyptian singer Abdel Halim Hafez produced in 1977 consisting of archive images of the singer during his visit to Paris in September 1974, joined by fictional scenes which take the form of a journalistic investigation. A little-known film in the filmography of Ahmed Rachedi who during this Parisian period will direct another feature film that we would very much like to see again: "A Finger in the Gear" (1973), on a screenplay by Rachid Boudjedra. The credits and some images of "La chanson de l'Adieu", released in France in December 1981 in the famous Luxor hall in Paris where more than 5,000 spectators came to see it.

The Farewell Song The Farewell Song The Farewell Song
Abdel Halim Hafez
نزار قباني
Tarek Habib Narrator
أحمد فؤاد حسن
Kamal Al Taweel
مصطفى أمين
Mustafa Ameen Self
يوسف وهبي
طارق حبيب
  • Directing Ahmed Rachedi
  • Writing Ahmed Rachedi
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