The City
المدينة
Release: 1999-08-01
·Runtime: 105m
·★ 7.4
Drama
Ali, an aspiring actor, works in a government-aided butchery and takes part in a cheap play. Defying his father's wishes, he moves to Paris to fulfill his dreams and starts living illegally alongside many other Arabs. Ali has a life-changing experience there that he won't fully remember until he returns to Egypt.
Production Countries
Egypt
France
Production Companies
أفلام مصر العالمية (يوسف شاهين وشركاه)
Cast
Abla Kamel
as The Mother
Massoud Hattou
as Firas,
Menha Batraoui
as Hotel Owner
Arnaud Viard
Mohamed Nagaty
as Eid
Serri Al Najjar
as Fox
Yousra
as Yousra
Bassem Samra
as Ali
Basma
as Nadia
Roschdy Zem
as Roschdy
Seif Abdelrahman
as Stage Actor
Attia Eweiss
as Shalabi
Aurélia Alcaïs
Ahmed Fouad Selim
as Atta, Ali's Father
Thibault de Montalembert
Zaki Fatin Abdel Wahab
as The Director / Tifa
Walaa Sherif
Ahmed Azmy
as Yasser
Amr Saad
as Osama
Inês de Medeiros
as Agnès
Hassan El-Adl
as Saeed
