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Egypt's most distinguished director Youssef Chahine posing during a photocall for Heya Fawda during the 64th Venice International Film Festival at Venice Lido. Chahine, 82, was flown to Paris on Monday following a brain haemorrhage and his condition was described by doctors as critical. To the far left Chahine chokes star Hind Rostom in a melodramatic scene of the 1959 film Bab Al-Hadid (photo: AFP)