The City
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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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Cast
39 people
Basem Samrah
Ali
Known for
Cairo 6,7,8
The Yacoubian Building
Mohamed Nagaty
Eid
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Baba Almgal
Ahmed Azmy
Yasser
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Basma
Nadia
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The Headmaster
Abla Kamel
The Mother
Also in
I Won't Live in My Father's Glbab
Auntie Faransa
Ahmed Fouad Selim
Atta, Ali's Father
Known for
Sorry For Disturbance
September 11
Amr Saad
Osama
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Serri Al Najjar
Fox
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The Fish Tail
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Roschdy Zem
Roschdy
Known for
Nothing to Hide
Point Blank
Inês de Medeiros
Agnès
Also in
Casa de Lava
Blood
Massoud Hattou
Firas
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Attia Eweiss
Shalabi
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Zezenia
Yousry Nasrallah Director · Claire Denis Writer Nasser Abdulrahman Writer
First release August 1, 1999 · Produced in Egypt, France · Languages Arabic, French
Production
MISR International Films
Production
Egypt · France
Produced in
Languages
Original title
المدينة
Original language
Arabic
Spoken on screen
Arabic · French
Release dates
Switzerland · August 1, 1999
Theatrical · Locarno Film Festival
Egypt · November 15, 2000
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Canada
September 9, 2000 · Theatrical · Toronto International Film Festival
France
July 5, 2000 · Theatrical
Germany
August 30, 2001 · Theatrical
Japan
August 26, 2000 · Theatrical · Hagi International Festival of Film Art
Switzerland
April 6, 2000 · Theatrical · German speaking region
October 25, 2000 · Theatrical · French speaking region
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