The City (1999)

7.4/10 105 min Drama

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.

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

Roschdy

Inês de Medeiros

Agnès

Massoud Hattou

Firas

Attia Eweiss

Shalabi

Zaki Fatin Abdel Wahab

The Director / Tifa

Yousra

Yousra

Seif Abdelrahman

Stage Actor

Menha Batraoui

Hotel Owner

Thibault de Montalembert

Arnaud Viard

Hassan El-Adl

Saeed

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