Hepta: The Last Lecture

Name: Hepta: The Last Lecture
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 2016
Duration: 120 min

Director: Hadi El Bagoury

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Highlights

The film won more than 20 awards at national and international film festivals.
The film topped the Egyptian box office with revenues that surpassed EGP 26 million, becoming the highest-grossing romantic film in the history of Egyptian cinema.
The film is based on Mohamed Sadek's best-selling book that topped the charts in Egypt and the Arab world for several weeks.
Indian production company Bayview Projects LLP acquired the remake rights to Hepta: The Last Lecture.

2016/ Egypt120 min/ Drama, Romance

Original Title

Hepta: Al Mohadra Al Akheera

SYNOPSIS

Through four paralleled stories, the film tracks the seven stages of love namely; the beginning, the encounter, the relationship bond, the wakefulness, the truth, which is followed by the Decision, and then the ending, or the "Hepta" stage.

CAST

Amr Youssef
Maged ElKedwany
Ahmed Malek
Ahmed Dawood

CREW

Screenwriter: Wael Hamdy
DOP: Gamal El Boushy
Leo Carbotta
Editor: Ahmed Hafez

Production Company(ies)

The Producers, Film Clinic, iProductions

Producer(s)

Hani Osama
Hadi Elbagoury
Mohamed Hefzy
Amgad Sabry

Mediterranean Film Festival of Annaba (FAFM), Algeria

Malmö Arab Film Festival, Sweden

Arab Cinema Week in New York, USA

Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), Egypt

Arab Camera Festival in Rotterdam, Netherlands

Arabian Sights Film Festival - Filmfest DC, USA

Dear Guest Magazine (DG Awards), Egypt

Annual Film Society Festival For Egyptian Cinema, Egypt

Arabian Cinema Awards (ACA), Egypt

Egyptian Catholic Center Cinema Festival, Egypt

Silk Road International Film Festival, China

Egyptian National Film Festival, Egypt

DG Best Film, DG Best Director, and two DG Special Awards at the Dear Guest Magazine (DG Awards), Egypt

Audience Award at the Arabian Sights Film Festival - Filmfest DC, USA

Special Award under the name of late director Mohamed Khan at the Annual Film Society Festival For Egyptian Cinema, Egypt

Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Screenplay, Best Editing, Best Soundtrack, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, Best Hair Styling, and Best Song at the Arabian Cinema Awards (ACA), Egypt

Best Film, Best Director, Best Music, Best Cinematography, Artistic Creativity Award, and a Certificate of Appreciation at the Egyptian Catholic Center Cinema Festival, Egypt

Second Production Award, Best Screenplay, Best Actor in a Secondary Role, Best Cinematography, and Best Sound at the Egyptian National Film Festival, Egypt

Reviews

Ahmed El Goarany - Daily News Egypt

Quotes

“Director Hady El Bagoury, who previously worked on Wahed Sahih and Warda, delivers beyond the usual expectations with Hepta. His creativity and attention to detail are obvious throughout the entire movie.” Ahmed El Goarany - Daily News Egypt