
The City
المدينة
Release: 1999-08-01·Runtime: 105m·★ 7.3
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
EgyptFrance
Production Companies
أفلام مصر العالمية (يوسف شاهين وشركاه)
Cast
Bassem Samraas Ali
Ahmed Azmyas Yasser
Massoud Hattouas Firas,
Basmaas Nadia
Attia Eweissas Shalabi
Seif Abdelrahmanas Stage Actor
Ahmed Fouad Selimas Atta, Ali's Father
Amr Saadas Osama
Menha Batraouias Hotel Owner
Hassan El-Adlas Saeed
Aurélia Alcaïs
Mohamed Nagatyas Eid
Abla Kamelas The Mother
Roschdy Zemas Roschdy
Inês de Medeirosas Agnès
Yousraas Yousra
Thibault de Montalembert
Arnaud Viard
Walaa Sherif
Serri Al Najjaras Fox
Zaki Fatin Abdel Wahabas The Director / TifaCrew
" />Tamer EzzatEditor
" />Salah MareiArt Direction
" />Humbert BalsanExecutive Producer
" />Souraya BaghdadiCostume Design
" />Samir BahzanDirector of Photography
" />Yousry NasrallahDirector, Writer
" />Nahed NasrallahCostume Design
" />Annette TrumelCasting
" />Claire DenisWriter
" />Tamer KarawanOriginal Music Composer