The City
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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Top Cast
Bassem Samra
Ali
Mohamed Nagaty
Eid
Ahmed Azmy
Yasser
Basma
Nadia
Abla Kamel
The Mother
Ahmed Fouad Selim
Atta, Ali's Father
Amr Saad
Osama
Serri Al Najjar
Fox
Roschdy Zem
Roschdy
Inês de Medeiros
Agnès
Massoud Hattou
Firas
Attia Eweiss
Shalabi
Zaki Fatin Abdel Wahab
The Director / Tifa
Yousra
Yousra
Seif Abdelrahman
Stage Actor
Menha Batraoui
Hotel Owner
Thibault de Montalembert
Arnaud Viard
Hassan El-Adl
Saeed
Randa El Bishani
Fathiya
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