The Farewell Song

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The Farewell Song (1978)

Directed by Ahmed Rachedi

Documentary, Music · 1h 56m

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.

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Cast

Abdel Halim Hafez Self (archive footage) Youssef Wahby Self Nagwa Fouad Self
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Tarek Habib Narrator
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Nizar Qabbani Self Kamal Al Taweel Self Ahmed Fouad Hassan Self
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Mustafa Ameen Self Mohamed El Mougy Self

Crew

Director
Ahmed Rachedi
Writer
Ahmed Rachedi

Details

Original title
أغنية الوداع
Release date
1978-01-01
Runtime
1h 56m
Genres
Documentary, Music
Original language
AR
Spoken languages
Arabic
Countries
Algeria, Egypt