Cairo As Seen by Chahine
Synopsis
As he accompanies a young graduate looking for work in Cairo, Chahine reveals his love for the city and its people as well as his anxiety over the rise of fundamentalism.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producer : Miroirs
- Co-production : Misr International Films
- French distribution : Pyramide Distribution
Full credits (4)
- Executive Producer : Jean Mylonas
- Adaptation : Youssef Chahine
- Directors of Photography : Tarek Telmessani, Samir Bahsan
- Editor : Rashida Abdel Salam
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Documentary
- Production language : Arabic
- Coproducer countries : France, Egypt
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Egypt)
- Production year : 1995
- Runtime : 23 min
- Visa number : 87.532
- Visa issue date : 07/03/1995
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.66
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