
Acting
Mona Wassef
Born 1942-02-09 · Damascus, First Syrian Republic [now Syria]
Mona Wassef is a Syrian film and theatre actress who was born in Damascus in 1942. She is considered an icon in Arab cinema and a role model for many artists and has earned numerous nicknames including, “The First Star of Syria,” “Star of the Arab World,” and “Lady of the Syrian Screen.” Wassef's most famous early role was as Hind in the 1976 film “Al Ressala” (The Message) about the life of the prophet Mohammed. She has played the role of Bassam Kousa’s mother more than ten times in cinema and on television. In 2009, Wassef became the first Syrian woman to receive the Syrian Order of Merit-Excellent Degree. She has starred in more than 25 plays and 30 films, has appeared in nearly 200 television series and has received multiple life achievement awards from the Damascus Film Festival, Alexandria Film Festival and the International Arab Film Festival in Oran. She was married to the late director Mohammed Shaheen and they have one son, Ammar.
Acting credits
10.0Tayseer, a conservative man, has grown with a particular hang-up caused by his sister's marriage without his consent. When a man proposes to his daughter Kawthar, Tayseer vehemently opposes their relationship, even if the two are deeply in love. Is it too late to rid him of his hang-up?
The Mexican Hoax
1972
NRMenahi is a Saudi Bedouin young man, single and living with his old mother. He is a simple, spontaneous and kind-heart man, instinctive and adhering to the ethics of the environment from which he emerged, such as honesty, honor and virility. He dreams of owning a small farm to raise sheep. But he went out into the city and didn't adapt to civic life. —Akram Gus
Menahi
2008
NRThe backstage story of one of the most successful Arab dramas in history, narrating the phases of its inception, execution, production and direction.
Al Hayba: The Documentary
2022
NRA strict father refuses to let his beautiful daughter marry the young pilot she loves, believing that the life of a pilot is filled with danger. The pilot sees a dead end, but that does not prevent him from using his cunning to persuade his beloved's father of their marriage.
The Two Friends
1970
NRTwo friends are trying to find a suitable place to stay. They find a suitable residence for a woman to live alone. The owner of the house rents a room in the apartment to the two friends without the woman knowing during her absence, which generates funny ironies among everyone.
Imra'a Taskon Wahdaha
1971
NRA poor girl, an employee in a company and living in a conservative, popular neighborhood, her character is strong, she loved a teacher, but the story of this love does not continue because of the surrounding circumstances that surround them
Love..For Life
1980
8.5In sixth-century Mecca, Prophet Muhammad receives his first revelation from God as a messenger. Three years later, he's not alone in his quest and publicly declares his prophecy. Muhammad is fought by Abu Sufian and his wife Hind, rulers of Mecca. Muhammad's followers are hunted and tortured but he continues his calling.
The Message
1976
NRShort movie (Al Urjouha) His story revolves around a soldier returning from the front to visit the family of his friend who died in the war. He decides to live with her and compensate for the loss of their son. He builds a solid relationship with the daughter of the martyr, who never stops playing on the "Swing" that her father made for her.
Al Urjouha
1976
NRA mamluk called Gaber, in order to take advantage of the rift between the Caliph of Baghdad and the prince he works for, volunteers to be a messenger for the prince. He also takes it as a chance to see his beloved Zomorod. Gaber suggests the prince write the message on his bald head, but when his hair grows the message disappears.
The Adventure
1974
NRIn the late 30s, the family of the sailor Salah Hazoum arrives in the city of Latakia coming from Alexandria. His son Saeed searches for him in vain after he hears many rumors about his disappearance. The son decides to become a sailor like his father and works on a boat with Captain Abdosh. Based on the novel 'Dagal' by Hanna Mina.
Sea, O', Sea
1993
NRA newly graduated young doctor has hopes of making his way steadily in his country, or of traveling to another country in order to achieve his dreams. In the village, he wakes up from his rosy dream he lived before he traveled to a harsh reality, after he is accused of murder.
Another Face of Love
1973
8.0The murderer of Jabal’s father, is spotted alive in Bulgaria. Jabal heads a fierce hunt passing by Bulgaria and Istanbul. With the aim to bring Nazem back to justice to Al Hayba village.
Al Hayba: The Movie
2022
NRAdel is from an aristocratic family that lives in Syria during the French occupation, his culture forced him to rebel against his family, and descend to the bottom of society wishing to change his life, he got to know this society and loved him, but he became torn between his culture, and his aristocratic origins.
The Sun on a Cloudy Day
1985
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Just Get Married!
2003
NRAbu Salem is a small family living a very miserable life, and their dream is simple in life. The wife is overwhelmed as she suffers from some diseases, the husband gets into several unsuccessful adventures, and the children open their eyes to this cruel world. We follow their lives and dreams to a better tomorrow.
Bikaya suar
1973
6.0The Yazerli is the foreman who provides work to day laborers. The film’s poetic, non-narrative structure simulates the fractured thoughts of a young boy who is forced to leave school and find work on the docks. Using minimal dialogue but evocative music and sounds, separate vignettes introduce characters the boy encounters in a single workday. The filmmaker explores the child’s vivid imaginary world while tangibly conveying the physical harshness and repressed sexuality of a life spent in poverty and manual labor. Based on a novella by Hanna Mina.
Al-Yazerli
1974
NRWith the housing crisis worsening and cement blocks constantly creeping up to swallow old houses with their inhabitants, a jungle of wolves that live in a fierce world lies behind the cement jungle. As a young journalist and his beautiful wife clash with what they think is the wolf of the jungle, it turns out that this wolf is only one of several wolves in a whole jungle of wolves.
Jungle of Wolves
1977
NRAn oneiric film poem about a murder in occupied Palestine, in which Qais Al-Zubaidi used drawing, poetry, music, phonograph and pantomime with his technical virtuosity and formal expressionism. Featuring poetry from Mahmoud Darwish, Samih al-Qasim, and Tawfiq Ziad.
The Visit
2024
NRAfter the 1967 setback, Abu Ramzi is displaced from the Golan with his family, and he is tired in order to secure a livelihood and his wife who works in sewing helps him. As for the son Ramzi, he dreams of riches quickly and in the easiest way, which drives him to collide with his father, who dreams of a roof that shelter him through halal earnings.
Something Is Burning
1993
NRAzmi, a legal adviser refuses to sign the budget of the celebration of a project as it's twice what was spent on the project itself. He gets fired from his work, and decides to write a comprehensive report of all the daily atrocities in the hope of presenting it to higher authorities.
The Report
1986
NRLaila is a smart woman who managed to make her way among businessmen outside her country. When she returns to her country with the aim of convincing her only daughter, an engineer, to travel with her, the daughter refuses. The businesswoman also discovers that her partners in the suspicious deals are conspiring against her, so she threatens them with the illegal documents in court. After a long struggle, she decides to live with her daughter and liquidate her business relations, but it is too late!
Murder by Sequence
1982
5.0Rejecting all propagandistic or narrative convention, Ghazi combined documentary and abstract sequences with a series of discontinuous plot lines to organize a stinging attack on the bourgeois decadence of Beirut's political milieu.
Hundred Faces for a Single Day
1972
NRUnable to afford the dowry of his wealthy sweetheart, a young man is devastated when his beloved's father forces her to marry another, leaving him to convince his scientist brother to use his knowledge to shrink him. As he becomes pint-sized, he turns the life of his beloved's husband into hell.
The World in 2000
1972
10.0The story of the film within the Abu Asaad family revolves around the inheritance of three brothers in the city of Hama in central Syria, but severe disagreements arise between them over how to divide this inheritance.
Algae
1990