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Cairo as Told by Youssef Chahine

1991 · 23 min

A meandering, intimate video essay that drifts through a crowded city and a filmmaker's memories, asking for patient attention.

Directed by
Youssef Chahine
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Youssef Chahine, Khaled Youssef, Khaled El Nabawy
Overview
This concise masterpiece began as a commission by French TV for the news series Envoyé spécial. By filming Cairo with his unique sense of artistic digression, Chahine transformed this portrait of a city into the self-portrait of a filmmaker.

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Directed by
Youssef Chahine
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Youssef Chahine, Khaled Youssef, Khaled El Nabawy
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • art
  • memory
  • identity
  • isolation
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism9
Romance2
Tension2
Darkness3
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
Youssef Chahine
Starring
Youssef Chahine, Khaled Youssef, Khaled El Nabawy, Bassem Samra, Hassan El-Adl, Sanaa Younes, Hussein al-Imam, Safaa Al Toukhy
Cinematography
Tarek El Tilmisany
Runtime
23 min
Country
France, Egypt
Languages
Arabic, French

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