Humorously, the artist Mohy Ismail spoke during the opening ceremony of the 38th session of the Alexandria International Film Festival for Mediterranean Countries about the secret of choosing Mahmoud Hemida for this session, saying: “Listen to me, Mahmoud Hamida’s session, not Mohy Ismail, because Hamida loves cinema and because he loves production, and because He loves billiards, and he is a student and an educated man, Mahmoud Hamida, who is tall, walks, shakes the earth, but I am the Caesar.”
The owner of strange statements always tops the social media trends, so what is the secret behind the personality of the artist Mohy Ismail? He has a unique artistic career whose roles are still stuck in the minds of the audience, because of his complex and strange personalities.
Mohie Ismail, born in 1946 in the city of Kafr El-Dawar in El-Beheira, studied philosophy before studying at the Institute of Dramatic Arts, which affected his personality and complex roles that were in the sixties and seventies, most notably the enemy brothers and the bullet is still in my pocket and the well of deprivation.
He was famous for imitating presidents, which prompted him to write a film about the late Libyan President Muammar Gaddafi, but he refused to embody his character in an international movie for fear of distorting the image of the late president.
He met President Sadat, who gave him an apartment because he believed he had epilepsy after the movie “The Enemy Brothers”, where he lived without mattresses and slept inside the cupboard.
He believes that no artist is able to complete his artistic career, according to his statements, and Mohie Ismail will remain an exceptional artistic case in Egyptian cinema.