Nadia Arslan

Lebanese-Syrian actress, born in 1949. After winning the title of Miss Lebanon, she moved to live in Egypt, and her first important acting performance was in the film (The Greatest Child in the World) with director Jalal Al-Sharqawi. Then she participated in several cinematic films until the end of The eighties of the twentieth century are among the most important (Everyone wants to love, so that smoke does not fly, Guitar of Love). I retired from art in 1989 and later turned to religion. She died in 2008 at the age of 59 after a battle with cancer.

Al-yazerli (1974)

Based on a novella by Hanna Mina. 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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Qais Al-Zubaidi
CAST:  Abdallah Abbassi  •  Adnan Barakat  •  Nadia Arslan  •  Mona Wassef

Based on a novella by Hanna Mina. 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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Qais Al-Zubaidi
CAST:  Abdallah Abbassi  •  Adnan Barakat  •  Nadia Arslan  •  Mona Wassef