The Farewell Song (1978)

  • NR
  • 01/01/1978 (DZ)
  • Documentary, Music
  • 1h 56m

Overview

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.

Ahmed Rachedi

Writer, Director

Cast

Abdel Halim Hafez's headshot

Abdel Halim Hafez

Self (archive footage)
Youssef Wahby's headshot

Youssef Wahby

Self
Nagwa Fouad's headshot

Nagwa Fouad

Self
Tarek Habib's headshot

Tarek Habib

Narrator
Nizar Qabbani's headshot

Nizar Qabbani

Self
Kamal Al Taweel's headshot

Kamal Al Taweel

Self
Ahmed Fouad Hassan's headshot

Ahmed Fouad Hassan

Self
Mohamed El Mougy's headshot

Mohamed El Mougy

Self

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