
Khaled returns from USA to his mother's funeral at his hometown: Alexandria, Egypt. He decides to make it a fresh new start even if it meant mending his first love story yet it proved a horrific failure. Khaled clashed big time with a changing more conservative Alexandria but He also stumbles upon fresh youth struggling for their under-ground music bands, art and ideas. in the middle of all the confusion, Will it ever all makes sense at the end? A question for the youth and t... (Full plot summary below)
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Khaled returns from USA to his mother's funeral at his hometown: Alexandria, Egypt. He decides to make it a fresh new start even if it meant mending his first love story yet it proved a horrific failure. Khaled clashed big time with a changing more conservative Alexandria but He also stumbles upon fresh youth struggling for their under-ground music bands, art and ideas. in the middle of all the confusion, Will it ever all makes sense at the end? A question for the youth and the city to answer.
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| Slant MagazineArthur Ryel-LindseyPlays like a film school thesis under construction. |
| House Next DoorElise NakhnikianThe kids are all right, but none of them has the charisma or self-confidence to hijack the meandering narrative. |
| User ReviewTodd GWhile the film is heavily influenced by recent American Indie endevours (a fact that disheartens me, since I want Egyptian film to have its own voice), the film does touch upon the important subject of budding and wasted talent in the Egyptian musical underground. The subject is important because in a country where economic, social, political, and relgious concerns are on people's minds everyday, the cultural aspect is often overlooked. The art arising from the real musicians who appear in Microphone is nothing short of true and masterful. The streets of Alexandria were teaming with hip hop, metal, rock, and jazz, and soul bands screaming with the rhythmical and harmonious voices of disgruntled youth; Youth that would shape the soon coming Jan25 revolution. Ulitmately, Microphone is a melancholy film that leaves you frustrated and upset that these voices find no audience beyond their friends. As my mother pointed out however, they did succeed because they later played in large shows in solidarity with the Christians that died in the recent Alexandria Church bombing. They also had music videos created, and I believe that in real life, they are emerging from the underground. I'm not much of a hope guy, but it's nice for me to see things turn around for people once in a while, especially when they're artists as talented as we see in Microphone. Well played. |