The City
7.4
7 votes
August 1, 1999
1h 45m
Overview
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.
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Cast
Bassem Samra
Ali
Mohamed Nagaty
Eid
Ahmed Azmy
Yasser
Basma
Nadia
Abla Kamel
The Mother
Ahmed Fouad Selim
Atta, Ali's Father
Amr Saad
Osama
Serri Al Najjar
Fox
Roschdy Zem
RoschdyInês de Medeiros
Agnès
Massoud Hattou
Firas
Attia Eweiss
Shalabi
Zaki Fatin Abdel Wahab
The Director / Tifa
Yousra
Yousra
Seif Abdelrahman
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