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The City

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.

1999 |1h 45m |  Drama

Cast

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Bassem Samra

Ali

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Mohamed Nagaty

Eid

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Ahmed Azmy

Yasser

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Basma

Nadia

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Abla Kamel

The Mother

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Ahmed Fouad Selim

Atta, Ali's Father

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Amr Saad

Osama

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Serri Al Najjar

Fox

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Roschdy Zem

Roschdy

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Inês de Medeiros

Agnès

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Massoud Hattou

Firas

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Attia Eweiss

Shalabi

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Zaki Fatin Abdel Wahab

The Director / Tifa

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Yousra

Yousra

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Seif Abdelrahman

Stage Actor

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Menha Batraoui

Hotel Owner

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Thibault de Montalembert

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Arnaud Viard

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Hassan El-Adl

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Aurélia Alcaïs

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Status

Released

Language

Arabic, French

Budget

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