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Cairo Station

1958 · 77 min

A sweaty, claustrophobic descent into fixation, buzzing with station noise and quiet dread until it tightens into something genuinely unsettling.

Directed by
Youssef Chahine
Genres
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Starring
Farid Shawqy, Hind Rostom, Youssef Chahine
Overview
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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Directed by
Youssef Chahine
Genres
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Starring
Farid Shawqy, Hind Rostom, Youssef Chahine
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • madness
  • isolation
  • class
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror4
Humour2
Realism8
Romance3
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
crime, drama, thriller
Directed by
Youssef Chahine
Written by
Abdel Hai Adib
Starring
Farid Shawqy, Hind Rostom, Youssef Chahine, Hassan El Baroudy, Abdel Aziz Khalil, Ahmed Abaza, Essmat Mahmoud, Hussain Ismael
Music
Fouad El-Zahry
Cinematography
Alevise Orfanelli
Runtime
77 min
Country
Egypt
Languages
Arabic

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