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
Zaki Fatin Abdel Wahab
as The Director / Tifa
Mohamed Nagaty
as Eid
Serri Al Najjar
as Fox
Yousra
as Yousra
Aurélia Alcaïs
Amr Saad
as Osama
Roschdy Zem
as Roschdy
Arnaud Viard
Basma
as Nadia
Abla Kamel
as The Mother
Massoud Hattou
as Firas,
Bassem Samra
as Ali
Menha Batraoui
as Hotel Owner
Ahmed Azmy
as Yasser
Inês de Medeiros
as Agnès
Seif Abdelrahman
as Stage Actor
Thibault de Montalembert
Hassan El-Adl
as Saeed
Walaa Sherif
Ahmed Fouad Selim
as Atta, Ali's Father
Attia Eweiss
as Shalabi
