Skip to main content

Some Arabic poetry albums from the 1990s used “Cynara” (from the poem Cynara by Ernest Dowson, set to music). Check if you’re actually looking for a labeled as a film.

Try these alternative spellings in Arabic and English:

When the mid‑1990s saw a surge of experimental cinema that blended music, visual art and literature, emerged as a modest yet unforgettable gem. Directed by the enigmatic French‑Greek auteur Mikael Trujillo , the 1996 feature‑length work is an ode to the power of poetry to shape both narrative and visual texture. Though never a box‑office blockbuster, the film has cultivated a cult following, especially after an enthusiastic Arabic fan‑community released a “مترجم كامل فصل الأنّي توب” (full translation of the “Alany Top” episode) that opened the film to an entire new linguistic sphere.