Les Petits Chats (film)
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| Directed by | Sherif Nakhla |
| Produced by | Wael Omar |
| Cinematography | Sherif Nakhla Hani Eskander |
| Edited by | Sherif Nakhla |
| Distributed by | MAD Solutions |
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| Country | Egypt |
| Language | English |
Les Petits Chats is a 2015 documentary film about the popular Egyptian rock band Les Petits Chats which was formed in 1967.
Background
[edit]Work on the film started in 2009. On September 28, 2015, a trailer for the documentary was posted online on Facebook. In a week, it attracted more than 55,000 views. According to Cairo Scene, film would take a closer look into the lives of the band members around the time of their popularity as well as prior to and post that period. Also to be looked at was the changes in personnel that took place over the years.[1][2] The film took six years to complete from its original start date in 2009 and it was made during that period when Egypt was going through an upheaval from 2011 to 2016.[3][4]
The director
[edit]Nakhla is the step-son of one of the band members.[5]
Screenings
[edit]Before its completion and while still in the developmental stage, the film was shown during the Ismailia Film Festival in 2012.[6]
In 2015, Cairo Scene mentioned that the film was to premiere at the Arabian Sights Film Festival in Washington DC on 16 and 17 October.[7] The film was nominated for the festival's jury award.[8]
A screening for the film was to take place at the Zamalek Cinema on Monday 8 May at 7 pm.[9]
It was announced in the July 20, 2017 issue of The National that Sherif Nakhla's 2015 film about the band was to be screened at Abu Dhabi’s Mina Zayed on Saturday 5 August.[10]
Cast
[edit]- Wagdi Francis
- Ezzat Abu Ouf
- Omar Khairat
- Sadek Gellini
- Pino
- George Lucas
- Sobhi Bedeir
- Samir Sabry
- Mohamed Salmawy
- Mohamed Gohar
- Sherif Seif el Nasr[11]
References
[edit]- ^ Ahram Online, Sunday 4 Oct 2015 - Release of rockumentary about Egypt's band Les Petits Chats
- ^ Cairo Scene, 16/10/2015 - 'Les Petits Chats': A Film by Sherif Nakhla on Egypt's Legendary 60s Band
- ^ Al-Ahram Weekly, Oct 8, 2015 - CULTURE, Back to romance
- ^ The National, February 25, 2016 - Music review: Why a cover band, Les Petits Chats, rocked Cairo in the 1960s and 1970s - Maha El Nabawi
- ^ Midwest Films - Les Petits Chats, Filmmaker Statement
- ^ Al-Ahram Weekly, Oct 8, 2015 - CULTURE, Back to romance
- ^ Cairo Scene, 16/10/2015 - 'Les Petits Chats': A Film by Sherif Nakhla on Egypt's Legendary 60s Band
- ^ Al-Ahram Online, Sunday 4 Oct 2015 - Release of rockumentary about Egypt's band Les Petits Chats
- ^ Egypt Today, Fri, May. 5, 2017 - “Les Petits Chats” in Zamalek Cinema
- ^ National, July 20, 2017 - WATCH: Warehouse421 to screen three free films at Mina Zayed
- ^ Middlewest Films - Les Petits Chats, Cast and Crew