https://notesonfilm1.com/2021/12/21/the-youssef-chahine-podcast-no-44-le-chaos-2007/
We discuss Chahine's last film, Le Chaos, and are delighted by what we see; a political melodrama that offers all the pleasures of the genre -- one feels for these people who long for love and freedom but who aren't allowed to achieve their wants through repressive social and state mechanisms. The villain is a torturer and rapist. Chahine's achievement is that he makes him understandable, whilst offering a masterful mise-en-scene of a Marxist critique of a corrupt culture through a film that always sides with the powerless. We found it brilliant. Thanks very much to the kind friend who made it possible for us to see it. We have 15 more Chahine films we have not been able to source; so if any of you know where we can buy/source/see them, we would appreciate it.
