نجوم الفن فى العرض الخاص لفيلم مين يصدق.. زينة عبد الباقى: تعمدت أن تكون فكرة الفيلم بسيطة.. شريف منير: يوسف عمر مولد لنجم جديد وجايدا منصور لديها طاقات جيدة.. وأشرف عبدالباقى: زينة مخرجة مسيطرة فى اللوكيشن

2024-11-26

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نجوم الفن فى العرض الخاص لفيلم مين يصدق.. زينة عبد الباقى: تعمدت أن تكون فكرة الفيلم بسيطة.. شريف منير: يوسف عمر مولد لنجم جديد وجايدا منصور لديها طاقات جيدة.. وأشرف عبدالباقى: زينة مخرجة مسيطرة فى اللوكيشن

القاهرة: «رأي الأمة»

The special screening of the film “Who Believes”, directed by Zeina Abdel Baqi, was held in the Fifth Settlement, where it was attended by a large group of art stars, including Ahmed Helmy, Youssef El Sharif, Amir Karara, Mustafa Khater, Ashraf Zaki, Sayed Ragab, Sedqi Sakhr, Lubna Wence, Hamdi Al-Mirghani, Basma, Tyson, Mohamed Anwar, and Wael. Al-Aouni, Abram Nashaat, Mustafa Basit, director Amr Arafa, producer Shahinaz Al-Akkad, producer Gabi Khoury, and a number of others. The stars of the Egyptian Theater in a festive atmosphere and widespread praise for the film.

The film received wide praise from the audience, following its world premiere at the Cairo Film Festival, where it participated in the Arab Cinema Horizons Competition.

The film is the first directorial experience of its director, Zeina Abdel Baqi, in making feature films. It stars the artist Youssef Omar and the artist Jayda Mansour, in addition to the distinguished participation of the stars Ashraf Abdel Baqi and Sherif Mounir.

Zeina Abdel Baqi expressed her happiness at showing the film at the Cairo Film Festival, especially since she had been waiting for this moment for a year, after the festival was postponed last year.

Abdel Baqi confirmed that she deliberately made the idea of the film simple so that she could focus on the directing details, especially since she takes the style of realism as an approach in her work. This is in addition to her feeling that she was given a great opportunity at a young age, and this does not happen easily to others, so she chose for the heroes to be young people like her. So that you can express them better, in addition to giving space to talented young people who may not have this opportunity often.

The movie “Who Believes” witnesses the participation of the great star Ashraf Abdel Baqi as a guest of honor during the events, where Zeina confirmed that her father has always been keen to support young people throughout his artistic history, as this has always been his approach to life, and she said: “My father is my greatest supporter and supporter, and despite Although I was hesitant about this step, he encouraged me and convinced me to take it, and even when I felt afraid and nervous, especially during filming, as it was my first feature-length novel experience with a large team, his presence always reassured me and increased my confidence.

Zeina pointed out the amount of freedom her father granted her without his interference in any details, and said: “Dad was the nicest person on set, and he did not interfere or comment on anything. He was a good listener regarding any specific details I requested in filming the scene, but despite that, I was “I’m nervous about his presence just because I want him to see the best of my directing abilities.”

She continued that the same thing happened with the star Sherif Mounir, where she said: “I thank him for his support for me and for accepting to participate in my film. It is a great honor for me to have his name in my project, and despite the friendship that has united our family for a long time, he was very appreciative of my work and reveres me.” “It is a good idea to respect the director and his instructions, in addition to his strict commitment to deadlines, and to give his best performance.”

As for the heroes of her film, the artist Youssef Omar and the artist Jayda Mansour, Zeina expressed her great enthusiasm for them, and said: “Youssef and Jayda have great artistic talent and I was very honored to have them be the heroes of my first novel experience, especially since they have great sincerity in implementing every detail of the work, in addition to the fact that they used to give me their opinions.” On some matters, they also listen to my opinions well, and I feel very grateful to them for going through this experience with me.”

Regarding her work in Egypt and the directing difficulties she faced in the film “Who Believes,” Zeina Abdel Baqi confirmed that the difficulty lay in the pressure she was feeling and not in the idea of her work as a director, because she was keen for the entire work team to be completely comfortable and proud of what it provided, as this is greater. Appreciation she can give to her work team.

She added: I studied directing professionally in New York, took many courses in London, and began my work journey at the age of fourteen, but I had no desire to work abroad, and every detail I learned abroad had to be learned in the Egyptian way, especially since we offer cinema that expresses About us This was the most difficult thing about it, and the truth is that I learned a lot here because I love Egyptian cinema and I want to be part of this ancient industry.

As for the star Sherif Mounir, he expressed his happiness with the experience of the film, emphasizing his desire to support and encourage new energies, and said: Although my role is not large in the film, I was excited to try Zeina and participate with the young faces in the film because they need support and help, and Zeina is the daughter of my friend Ashraf Abdel Baqi. Like my daughter, the truth is that I found her to be an educated and open-minded person, with a vision, point of view, and ambition.

He added: “I dealt with Zeina as a professional director because she really had good preparation for her project, and even when I was discussing with her some of the details that I wanted to present in a certain way, she would stick to her point of view, which I respect, and she would convince me of it.”

He continued: “In addition to the fact that I was impressed by her choice of two young heroes, this is the natural development for new energies to emerge in cinema, and the truth is that Youssef Omar and Jayda Mansour are two distinguished faces and they were working with the utmost strength and energy, especially since the entire team behind the camera was made up of young people, which allowed them more freedom and I was I am very happy with them, and I confirm that Youssef Omar is the birth of a new star. He is an athletic boy, has a sweet appearance and acts naturally, and Jayda is an actress who has good acting capabilities, but they definitely need support in the next stage.”

On the other hand, the two heroes of the work, Youssef Omar and Jayda Mansour, received a special celebration from the audience after the film was shown yesterday, which is what they both talked about, stressing that it was a defining moment in their artistic career.

Youssef Omar confirmed that he considers his role in the movie “Who Believes” to be a qualitative leap in his artistic career for many reasons, and he said: The character is distinctive and has great challenges. Since my first reading of the script, I felt that it would be a different role from any work I had presented or been nominated for before, and it confined me to a mold. Moeen “The Beautiful Young Man,” and this for me is a challenge. It is also a credit to the director because we attended and worked a lot, and this was an important step for me before filming that made us work in a more enjoyable and professional atmosphere.

He added: I play the role of a scammer mechanic, who has a tragic story in his childhood, which required me to interact and get to know this world closely, and I actually went to more than one workshop in order to provide a real experience during the events.

Youssef Omar expressed his pride in working with director Zeina Abdel Baqi, stressing that he felt great pleasure that he had never experienced before during the filming period, stressing that she is one of the directors with whom he felt most comfortable working because she understands the actor well and pays attention to his small details before the big ones, which is an important and rare thing in the world. The current time, in addition to her having a conscious directorial vision, gave him great confidence in working with her.

On the other hand, Youssef Omar confirmed that the presence of two big stars, such as the artist Ashraf Abdel Baqi and Sherif Mounir, in the film represents a great addition, thanking them for the support he received from them at all levels. He added: There is positive energy in filming that the two stars gave us all the time, so their participation For us, the film made a big difference in our work and our psychology, especially since we are all young and need the opinion of those with experience.

The star, Ashraf Abdel Baqi, spoke about Zeina’s talent as a director, saying that she is special and he believes in her, and she has proven herself in short films.

Abdel Baqi added that he of course supports Zeina and was the first to read the script and gave her several comments. He liked it very much, as it is a distinctive youthful idea. Zeina is very dominant on the set and he does not want to compliment her, but she is highly focused.

As for Jayda Mansour, she expressed her happiness with the reactions she received after screening the film, stressing that it was a big dream for her as she had previously worked in many series but had never had the experience of working in cinema before, noting that she was given a great opportunity to take the absolute lead in a film she made. Entirely from the young people she represents.

Regarding her preparation for the character “Nadine”, which she embodies in the events, Jayda said: We conducted many preparatory rehearsals with the director for a month, and there are scenes that we worked on a lot and improvised in rehearsals and then adopted them in filming after that, in addition to me studying the character because I am one of the characters who likes to get into… The “character” state before filming, where I dress like her or speak the same way

She added: “Having a young director like Zeina has given me a greater degree of comfort at work, as she is someone who is aware of everything new, in addition to the flexibility she enjoys in dealing. She knows very well when to implement her point of view or listen to the points of view of others, and the truth is that part of Zeina is distinguished by her acting background, as she received many acting workshops in addition to her studies in directing, which made her able to deal more professionally with the actor.

Jayda expressed her happiness with the participation of big stars such as the star Sherif Mounir and the artist Ashraf Abdel Baqi in the film, stressing that she was lucky to stand in her first starring role in front of them, as she learned a lot from them in paying attention to the details of the character in addition to the support they provided to her and her partner Youssef Omar throughout the period. Photography, which gave them more experience and self-confidence.

As for her co-star, the artist Youssef Omar, she confirmed that he is a good actor and has great charisma, and added: Youssef helped me a lot before filming in removing the barriers between us so that the love relationship between us on the screen would appear natural. I think that if there was another person as his replacement, it would have been better. It will make the task more difficult and will not appear so spontaneous.

Producer Muhammad Zuaiter said that he liked the idea of the film from the beginning, and what distinguishes the film most is the presence of young people, whether in front of or behind the camera.

He added that Zeina Abdel Baqi is a distinguished director and has talent, and he saw her controlling the location calmly and smoothly and did not interfere in any of her decisions.

While author Mustafa Bahhat spoke, he and Zeina have a friendship and work relationship, and they have worked together before on short films. They also filmed the Cairo Film Festival, and after that they decided to work on a long film. They sat down to prepare the idea and began writing, then they presented it to the artist Ashraf Abdel Baqi, where they benefited from his notes and experience in Scenario.

Mustafa added that they worked under psychological pressure because they were young and had to prove themselves, but the reactions he received when the film was shown at the festival were wonderful, and there was constructive criticism from which they benefited.

Mustafa thanked the director, Amir Ramses, because in addition to being a dear friend of his family, he was very supportive and insisted on seeing the drafts. Abu Al-Anwar said that Zeina made him watch the scene in which the eyes would be in the background, then they entered the studio and worked on it, where he wrote it in about 4 hours, and he is very happy. Because the film is youthful and different.

The film “Who Believes” is an idea by Zeina Abdel Baqi, Mustafa Askar, and Hamed Al Sharab, a screenplay and dialogue by Zeina Abdel Baqi and Mostafa Khaled Bahgat, and starring the artist Sherif Mounir, Nadine, Youssef Omar, and Jayda Mansour. The film witnesses a distinguished appearance by the great star Ashraf Abdel Baqi, directed by Zeina Abdel Baqi.
The film’s events revolve around “Nadine”, who lives in crisis with her parents as a result of their lack of interest in her. She meets a young fraudster named “Basem”, who offers her the kind of love and attention that she lacks. The relationship between them develops and the two embark on a journey in fraud operations that involve them in many problems. , which puts their love story and other matters to the test.

Ahmed Helmy at the special screening of the movie Who Can Believe?