poster

Cairo as Told by Youssef Chahine

القاهرة منورة بأهلها

Release: 1991-09-21 ·Runtime: 23m ·★ 6.8
Documentary

This concise masterpiece began as a commission by French TV for the news series Envoyé spécial. By filming Cairo with his unique sense of artistic digression, Chahine transformed this portrait of a city into the self-portrait of a filmmaker.

Production Countries

France Egypt

Production Companies

أفلام مصر العالمية (يوسف شاهين وشركاه)
The National Center of Cinema