Tamer Abdel Hamid (Abu Dhabi)
The able actress, Mona Wassef, believes that cinema has a special charm, and a different world in implementation and production, and despite her love for cinema, especially during her youth, where her artistic focus was directed towards the big screen, due to the large Arab spread of films, but she cannot Staying away from television because it will remain on the throne of drama, explaining that the success of the “Al-Hiba” series was dramatic, prompting its makers to present it cinematically, which brought it back to the big screen after a long absence, to embody the character of “Nahed Omran” again.
Mona Wassef, in her interview with Al-Ittihad, considered digital platforms an integrative axis in the art world, and said: Producing works for display on “platforms” is an important issue, especially in the era in which we live. The matter came after she participated in some parts of the series “The Platform”, which was shown on “Abu Dhabi Channel” and the “Netflix” platform. And “platforms” do not pose a threat to cinema, as they can never disappear, especially since they have their own magic and entertainment rituals.
new vision
On her return to the cinema, she said: After the remarkable mass success achieved by the series in its five parts in the Arab world, I had to complete the coronation of this Lebanese-Arab dramatic epic that entered the hearts of viewers, with its heroes with whom I have a close love relationship, by participating in the film championship with a vision New and different from the “prestige” series. It is linked in its events to the film, especially the fifth part of it, with more action and suspense that the cinematic show requires. And she denied that her participation in the work kept her away from the Ramadan drama, but so far she has not agreed to participate in the championship of one of the new dramas.
unique case
“Nahed Omran”, the mother of “Jabal”, the character embodied by Wasef in the events of the parts of the series and movie “Al-Hiba”, described her as a unique artistic condition, especially as she lived with the character for several years, presenting in each work a different performance and distinctive details added to the events of the series, and she was connected to her In every part of it there are positive reactions from the audience, giving it the impetus to continue and to appear in the same character in a different way from its keenness on the prestige of “Nahed Omran”.
one stature
Mona Wassef, who presented more than 30 films to “The Seventh Art” during her career, explained that she prefers difficult and strong roles, and that television and cinema have one place in her heart and career, especially that she was distinguished at every stage of her life in presenting distinguished works across the silver and gold screens. Although the theater has a special place for her.
perfect ending
Mona Wassef expressed her appreciation for attending the screening of the movie “Al-Hiba” in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, and re-honored the cast of the first part of the series at the Dubai International Film Festival, considering that the positive feedback received by the film’s team in Arab countries was the perfect conclusion to a successful public work. By all accounts.