Aly Sobhy

Acting

Aly Sobhy

Born 1983-01-01 · Egypt

An Egyptian actor, who studied acting, contemporary theatrical dance, and singing. He co-founded the street theater troupe Hala from 2001 to 2010. Then, in 2011, he co-founded the troupe Kouta Hamra for modern circus arts and social theater. He starred in the short film Dead Money, which won the Best Short Film Award at the 2006 National Festival. He also participated in the feature film Last Days Of The City, which won the Caligari Award at the 2016 Berlin Festival, and in the film Ali, the Goat and Ibrahim, for which he won the Best Actor Award at the Dubai International Film Festival in 2016.

Acting credits

Siko Siko poster
7.6

Two cousins, both from a middle-class background, finally see their dream come true when their inheritance is rightfully returned to them following their uncle’s death. Soon after, and to their shock, they discover that the inheritance is in the form of illegal goods. To liquidate these goods, they create an elaborate mobile game to sell them through it. They call this game… “Siko Siko”. The cousins enjoy a brief moment of spectacular success before a mob boss appears in their lives, claiming to be the real owner of the goods!

Siko Siko

2025

My Wife's Ex poster
5.9

The events of the film take place in a social and comedic context, where the psychiatrist Youssef is responsible for issuing a psychological report on the dangerous criminal Taha until he is released from prison, and he discovers that he is the ex-husband of his wife Sahar and the father of her son.

My Wife's Ex

2024

Happy Birthday poster
NR

Eight-year-old maid Toha goes to great lengths to ensure that her best friend Nelly, the daughter of her wealthy employer, has a successful birthday party in this poignant debut feature exploring classism in modern-day Cairo.

Happy Birthday

2025

El Sett poster
5.7

Ailing from a sickness that threatens to silence her forever, Umm Kalthoum, the greatest Egyptian singer the world has ever known, takes to the stage one final time for her most important performance yet, one with the potential to heal a nation broken by the shadow of a great defeat. As she slowly steps onto the stage to deafening chants and applause, fearful for her health and country, a legend finds herself walking down memory lane, reminiscing on her humble beginnings and the seven decade journey of triumphs, failures, defying social conventions, and loves lost that followed.

El Sett

2025

Sons of Rizk 3: Knockout poster
6.8

Years have passed since the brothers have separated in their different ways of life. But one day, a ghost from the past returns to cast a shadow over the sons of Rizk, forcing them to return to a life of crime and theft once again in order to save themselves, in a fateful operation that is the largest, most dangerous, and most important in the history of the sons of Rizk.

Sons of Rizk 3: Knockout

2024

In the Last Days of the City poster
6.1

In the fading grandeur of downtown Cairo, Khalid, a 35-year-old filmmaker is struggling to make a film that captures the pulse of his city at a moment when all around him dreams as much as buildings are disintegrating. With the help of his friends who send him footage from their lives in Beirut, Baghdad and Berlin, he finds the strength to keep going through the difficulty and beauty of living IN THE LAST DAYS OF THE CITY.

In the Last Days of the City

2016

If the Cat is Absent poster
4.8

The theft of a famous painting from a museum leads to an unexpected conflict between members of the gang and museum staff, and amidst this, an unusual love affair develops.

If the Cat is Absent

2025

Happened on 2 Talaat Harb poster
8.5

Four stories take place in a furnished apartment that we follow through the doorman and his family who live on top of the building in a miserable room. In the first story, a doctor tries to treat a figure with a political position. In the second story, Hassan meets in the 1970s with his old friend Nadim, who comes from Lebanon during its Civil War. The third story takes place at the beginning of the new millennium and the takeover of businessmen. As for the fourth story, it takes place before January 2011 when Sami returns under pressure from his family to sell the apartment and the whole building.

Happened on 2 Talaat Harb

2022

Habib poster
7.3

Habib, a hairdresser from the late 1960s who works in his own hair salon in his apartment, is about to break with his usual routine by trying to make his wife happy. Habib usually suffers a lot, but he insists on staying alive.

Habib

2019

Eye of the Sun poster
NR

Shams is a young girl who resides in the local neighborhood of Ain Shams. The life of the family turns into a tragedy when they learn their young Shams has leukemia, and they try to fulfill her only wish to visit Downtown Cairo.

Eye of the Sun

2009

The Gentlemen poster
6.6

After the death of their father, Galal, the Abu El Fadl family's peaceful life collapses. The eldest son, Tarek, finds himself responsible for everything, while Hegazy returns from Cairo to discover that dealing with his patients is much easier than dealing with his own family. Matters become further complicated with the appearance of the mysterious man, Samir Italia, who demands a large sum of money from the family. Between the father's debts and suspicious artifacts, the brothers' attempts at reconciliation turn into a series of disasters that only make matters worse.

The Gentlemen

2025

No artwork available
NR

In the unforgiving streets of Cairo, betrayal and poverty push a humble cart driver to the brink of ruin, turning his grief over his horse’s murder into a relentless quest for vengeance.

Why Have You Left the Horse Alone?

Coast stars poster
NR

The work revolves around a love story between a young man and a girl. In an attempt to reach his beloved, the young man decides to travel to the northern coast with his friend to meet her, and many unexpected paradoxes take place.

Coast stars

2025

Ahmed & Ahmed poster
3.9

Ahmed decides to return to Egypt to settle down after years of exile, but his plans are quickly disrupted when his uncle Ahmed is injured in a mysterious accident and loses his memory. He discovers his uncle's shocking secret about his leadership of a dangerous criminal empire.

Ahmed & Ahmed

2025

Ils etaient une fois... des petits nez rouges poster
NR

It's a small object with magical power - Behind a red nose everything becomes possible: laughing, being moved, including answering the question: "Why are we alive? " Here is the story of those behind this red nose. The story of two troupes of the NGO "Clowns sans Frontières". Two different countries, two cultures, two shows to put on in record time. One and the same goal: to bring joy, for an hour, to orphans, street children, prisons - And give back the taste of childhood, find the essence of humanity, the meaning of human relationships .

Ils etaient une fois... des petits nez rouges

2020

Dead money poster
NR

Two guys trying to get money back from people

Dead money

No artwork available
NR

A man suffering from financial crises tries throughout the film to find a buyer for his kidney after an unexpected accident with his personal physician, but he discovers an unexpected truth about his health condition.

A Piece of Me

Box of Wonders poster
6.0

The film follows the touching stories of various people in Downtown Cairo as they try to find balance in their lives and deal with its ups and downs.

Box of Wonders

2020

National Day of Mourning in Mexico poster
4.0

Following a ban on Valentine's Day, Hassan sets out to rescue his fiancee from the stop-love police.

National Day of Mourning in Mexico

2022

Ali, the Goat and Ibrahim poster
6.3

Ali believes his late girlfriend's soul has been reincarnated in a goat. His mother forces him to visit a spiritual healer, where he meets Ibrahim, who suffers from severe depression and hears mysterious noises, in a way to find hope, Ali, his goat and Ibrahim head on a trip across Egypt hoping to help each other overcome their problems.

Ali, the Goat and Ibrahim

2017

A Tin Tale poster
6.5

The story of a prostitute "Mona Farkha" through a meeting with the director and the scenarist of the movie who don't know anything about her world.

A Tin Tale

2011