Egyptian film director dies
2008-07-27 14:08
Cairo - Egyptian film director
Youssef Chahine died in Cairo on Sunday at the age of 82 after
six weeks in a coma, his office said.
Chahine, 82, best known for his series of films linked to
the Mediterranean city of Alexandria, had a brain haemorrhage in
June and spent several weeks in a Paris hospital before
returning to Cairo about 10 days ago.
The director's last film, Chaos, came out earlier this year
but his colleague Khaled Youssef had to finish the work off
because of Chahine's ill health.
Chahine, a French speaker with a following in France, made
the first of more than 25 films in 1950. In 1997 he received a
lifetime achievement award at the Cannes film festival.