He won the Silver Bear – Special Jury Priz at the 29th Berlin International Film Festival for '' Alexandria ... Why ? '' ( 1978 ) , the first instalment in what would prove to be an autobiographic quartet , completed with '' An Egyptian Story '' ( 1982 ) , '' Alexandria , Again and Again '' ( 1990 ) , and '' Alexandria ... New York '' ( 2004 ) . The producer Humbert Balsan went to Cannes in 2004 with '' Alexandria ... New York '' , his ninth film with the Egyptian director since 1985 's '' Adieu , Bonaparte '' . In one of his films '' The Sixth Day '' اليوم السادس , an adaptation of a novel written in French by Lebanese writer André Chedid , the famous Egyptian singer Dalida was the protagonist in the role of a poor Egyptian woman
29th Berlin International Film Festival
29th Berlin International Film Festival
Youssef Chahine