The City

1999

1h 45m

7.4(5 votes)

Drama

Overview

Ali, an aspiring actor, works in a government-aided butchery and takes part in a cheap play. Defying his father's wishes, he moves to Paris to fulfill his dreams and starts living illegally alongside many other Arabs. Ali has a life-changing experience there that he won't fully remember until he returns to Egypt.

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40 members

Acting

باسم سمرة

Ali

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Mohamed Nagaty

Eid

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Ahmed Azmy

Yasser

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Basma

Nadia

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Abla Kamel

The Mother

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Ahmed Fouad Selim

Atta, Ali's Father

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Amr Saad

Osama

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Serri Al Najjar

Fox

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Roschdy Zem

Roschdy

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Inês de Medeiros

Agnès

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Massoud Hattou

Firas

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Attia Eweiss

Shalabi

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Zaki Fatin Abdel Wahab

The Director / Tifa

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يسرا

Yousra

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سيف عبد الرحمن

Stage Actor

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Menha Batraoui

Hotel Owner

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Thibault de Montalembert

Unknown Role

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Arnaud Viard

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حسن العدل

Saeed

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Randa El Bishani

Fathiya

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Ashraf Sarhan

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Alice Taurand

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Didier Brengarth

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Laurence Goutelle

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Sylvie Van Den Elsen

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Aurélia Alcaïs

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Rene Aquaviva

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Charlie

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Stefan Elbaum

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Fabrice Fornaciari

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Stéphane Haffner

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Fred Klose

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Muhammad Sayed Muhammad

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Ahmad Al Qiei

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Ahmad Salim

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Sayed Ibrahim Al Sharqawi

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Walaa Sherif

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Siegfried

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Aya Soliman

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Massoud Hattou

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