Then funding difficulties left him with only enough money for a two - hour production , so he re-wrote his screenplay , effectively squeezing two films into one .
El - Madina had two separate films , the Egyptian framing story and the central plot set in France .
Then funding difficulties left El - Madina with only enough money for a two - hour production , so El - Madina re-wrote El - Madina 's screenplay , effectively squeezing two films into one .
El - Madina had two separate films , the Egyptian framing story and the central plot set in France .