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The City Will Pursue You

2017 · 70 min

A quiet, observational drift through a city and its people, patient and reflective, asking you to sit with ordinary lives and let the place settle around them.

Directed by
Ahmed Nabil
Genres
Documentary
Overview
Exploring the relationship between man and place by following the paths of six characters in contemporary Alexandria.
How it feels
Melancholic, earnest and warm. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About
Identity, isolation, memory, class
Content
Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
Note
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Directed by
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Genres
Documentary
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Places
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism9
Romance2
Tension2
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
Ahmed Nabil
Written by
Ahmed Nabil
Cinematography
Mohamad El-Hadidi
Runtime
70 min
Country
Egypt
Languages
Arabic, English, French

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