The City

The City (1999)


  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1999-08-01
  • User Rating: 7.4/10 from 5 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 45min
  • Language: العربية
  • Production Company: MISR International Films
  • Production Country: Egypt, France
  • Director: Yousry Nasrallah
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Summary

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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  • Bassem Samra

    as Ali

  • Mohamed Nagaty

    as Eid

  • Ahmed Azmy

    as Yasser

  • Basma

    as Nadia

  • Abla Kamel

    as The Mother

  • Ahmed Fouad Selim

    as Atta, Ali's Father

  • Amr Saad

    as Osama

  • Serri Al Najjar

    as Fox

  • Roschdy Zem

    as Roschdy

  • Inês de Medeiros

    as Agnès

  • Massoud Hattou

    as Firas

  • Attia Eweiss

    as Shalabi

  • Zaki Fatin Abdel Wahab

    as The Director / Tifa

  • Yousra

    as Yousra

  • Seif Abdelrahman

    as Stage Actor

  • Menha Batraoui

    as Hotel Owner

  • Thibault de Montalembert

    as

  • Arnaud Viard

    as

  • Hassan El-Adl

    as

  • Randa El Bishani

    as

  • Ashraf Sarhan

    as

  • Alice Taurand

    as

  • Didier Brengarth

    as

  • Laurence Goutelle

    as

  • Sylvie Van Den Elsen

    as

  • Aurélia Alcaïs

    as
Writing Nasser Abdulrahman Writer
Directing Yousry Nasrallah Director
Costume & Make-Up Nahed Nasrallah Costume Design
Art Salah Marei Art Direction
Writing Claire Denis Writer
Writing Yousry Nasrallah Writer
Sound Tamer Karawan Original Music Composer
Production Humbert Balsan Executive Producer
Production Gabriel Khoury Executive Producer
Production Marianne Khoury Executive Producer
Sound Jérôme Ayasse Sound Engineer
Directing Nadia Kamel Assistant Director
Writing Mohamed Nasser Lyricist
Costume & Make-Up Souraya Baghdadi Costume Design
Sound Waldir Xavier Sound Editor
Sound Dominique Hennequin Sound Mixer
Editing Tamer Ezzat Editor
Production Annette Trumel Casting
Crew Samir Bahzan Cinematography

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