The Farewell Song
1978, Arabic. Directed by Ahmed Rachedi.
Documentary tribute to the Egyptian singer Abdel Halim Hafez produced in 1977 consisting of archive images of the singer during his visit to Paris in September 1974, joined by fictional scenes which take the form of a journalistic investigation. A little-known film in the filmography of Ahmed Rachedi who during this Parisian period will direct another feature film that we would very much like to see again: "A Finger in the Gear" (1973), on a screenplay by Rachid Boudjedra. The credits and some images of "La chanson de l'Adieu", released in France in December 1981 in the famous Luxor hall in Paris where more than 5,000 spectators came to see it.
- Runtime
- 1h 56m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Arabic
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- Released
- 1 January 1978
- Original title
- أغنية الوداع
- Country
- Algeria, Egypt
- Written by
- Ahmed Rachedi
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The Farewell Song isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1978. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Farewell Song?
The Farewell Song (1978) was directed by Ahmed Rachedi and stars Abdel Halim Hafez, Youssef Wahby, Nagwa Fouad.