Acting
Oct 9, 1951
Aswan, Egypt
Mohamed Mounir
Acting
Biography
Mohamed Mounir is an Egyptian actor and singer, born in a village in Aswan Governorate in 1951. He moved with his family to Cairo after the Nubian villages were submerged by Lake Nasser, created by the Aswan High Dam. Mounir graduated from the Faculty of Applied Arts at Helwan University. He was discovered by the renowned communist activist Zaki Murad, who introduced him to the poet Abdel Rahim Mansour. At the same time, he also met the artist Ahmed Mounib, whose songs he later performed. In 1978, Mounir collaborated with the musician Hani Shenouda and his band on his debut album, "Bentawlad" (We Are Born). He later collaborated with the jazz artist Yehia Khalil and his band on subsequent albums, achieving numerous successes and becoming one of the most popular singers to this day. Some of his most successful albums include "Shababik" (Windows), "Shokolata" (Chocolate), "Momken" (Possible), "Men Awal Lamsa" (From the First Touch), and "Fi Eshq El Banat" (In the Love of Girls). Mohamed Mounir’s work was not limited to music alone, but his activity also extended to cinema and theater, where he presented a number of important films, most notably: (An Egyptian Tale, A Bitter Day, A Sweet Day, The Sixth Day, Destiny, Dunya)
Feature Films (16)
Aisha is a widow with five children, Sana, Suad, Lamia, Asmaa and Noor. The eldest got married to Orabi the carpenter, and are living in the family's poor house. Orabi starts acting like he's the man of the house, and the other sisters try to find their way in life.
Bitter Day, Sweet Day
Memories of Hani Shenouda, is a concert in honor of the musician Hani Shenouda, which was held in Saudi Arabia in the presence of a group of stars
Memories of Hani Shenouda
The play tells the story of a king who is bored with the ruling. He decides to disguise himself and his minister in search of entertainment among the public. He meets a bankrupt merchant who spends his time in wine and delirium and dreams of being king. The king decides to wear his clothes and make him the king of the day until he laughs at this strange scene. That the merchant is the king, including the queen and the palace guards, and the merchant discovers a plot to overthrow the rule that day, which entrench him more above his chair, and finds the king himself a victim of a recreational game.
The King Is the King
"Nahed" (Nabila Ebeid) as the Greedy Mother fight over "Dina" (Arwa) the innocent talent who falls in love with "Nader" (Khaled Abol Naga) as a Music Talent Hunter & Famous icon/Director & shatters her Family apart when she becomes a big success.
None But That!
A young, free-spirited dancer and student of Arabic poetry falls in love with her thesis supervisor while trapped in a relationship with a man who disapproves of her dancing.
Dunia
The story of the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb, through the story of Gad, a young Nubian who comes to live in Luxor and accompanies Howard Carter during his search for the tomb.
Looking for Tutankhamun
Between the Setback of 1967 and the glorious October War, Abdel Rahman feels despair following the defeat of his homeland as he witnesses the changes that occurred to the people and their journey from despair to determination to restore their land and dignity.
Stories of an Estranged
Egypt, 1947: in the midst of a cholera outbreak. A washerwoman tries to take care of her family, while at the same time resisting the advances of a charming suitor who's half her age.
The Sixth Day
In 1933 in the village of Karnak in Luxor, sad lives with her husband Bakhit Bishari paraplegic and TB disease.
The Collar and the Bracelet
After we last see him in "Alexandria, Why?" Egyptian filmmaker Yehia Mourad is in his thirties, and successful in his work, he has grown distant from his wife and children and suffers a symbolic blockage of the heart while shooting the final scenes of his latest film. After being flown to England for evaluation, it's determined that Yehia must undergo emergency surgery. Fact and fiction blend seamlessly—with healthy doses of cleverly absurdist fantasy—as the film explores the various personalities and forces that have made Yehia (and Youssef Chahine) the man he has become.
An Egyptian Story
Due to his poverty, the father of the musician is forced to abandon two of his three sons, so he sells the daughter to a wealthy family, and the second son to a doctor, and keeps a son with him. The father dies, the sons grow up, and their paths intersect.
Youth on the palm of the imp
In the 12th century's Andalusia lives Ibn Rushd a prominent Islamic philosopher with his wife Zeinab and daughter Salma. The principality is ruled by Khalifa ElMansour who has two sons, ElNasser, an intellectual that likes Ibn Rush and is in love with his daughter Salma. The younger son Abdallah is more into dancing and poetry, spending most of his times with the gypsy family and getting the daughter pregnant. The Khalifa is depending on the extremists to build his army granting them more power which they use to combat artists and philosophers. The extremists succeed in recruiting Abd Allah and train him to kill his father. Events go on where Marawan, the gypsy singer, is killed and Ibn Rushd's books are burnt. Adapted from the real life of Ibn Rushd AlMasir is Chahine's statement against extremism.
Destiny
Television & Series (2)
The movie depicts the life story of famous singer Mohamed Mounir, and the milestones of his professional and personal life, as well as the impact of his Nubian origins on his profession.