The Youssef Chahine Podcast N0. 29: Dawn of a New Day

Richard Layne and I return with a discussion of Dawn of a New Day, one of Chahine's best. It echoes Sirk once more and has traces of An Affair to Remember and European Art Cinema like Antonioni's La notte or Fellini's La dolce vita whilst remaining very much a popular melodrama about love which is also a commentary on the state of the nation and its future. A very beautiful film and so accessible it's a real pity it's not part of the current Netflix package.