
Cairo Station
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7/31/1958Runtime
77 minsOverview
Qinawi, a physically challenged peddler who makes his living selling newspapers in the central Cairo train station, is obsessed with Hanuma, an attractive young woman who sells drinks. While she jokes with him about a possible relationship, she is actually in love with Abu Siri, a strong and respected porter at the station who is struggling to unionize his fellow workers to combat their boss' exploitative and abusive treatment.
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A pressurized study of desire and delusion set within the claustrophobic confines of a Cairo train station, where a marginalized man's fixation spirals into something darker. The film builds mounting dread through naturalistic detail and the proximity of its trapped characters.
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