Three stories take place over the course of a single day in Cairo. Lila, a retired actress, is looking for Sameh, her last co-star. Salma, is dating Wael and is in Wael's friend's apartment, after their marriage breaks down. Hazem is a young drug dealer on the run from Alexandria to Cairo and picks up an old man with Alzheimer's disease. The six characters find themselves at decisive points of their lives, which although disparate, are brought together by destiny, and are brought out through pitch-perfect performances by Egyptian cinema's legends.
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Nour El-Sherif
يحيى شكري مراد
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Mervat Amin
ليلى السماحي
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Samir Sabri
سامح كمال ميخائيل
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Sherif Ramzy
حازم
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Ayten Amer
سلمى
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Karim Kassem
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Dorra Zarrouk
أميرة يحيى
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Kinda Alloush
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Abed Anany
مراد يحيى
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Bayoumi Fouad
ضابط شرطة
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Samar Negeily
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Hamdy ElRamly
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Ferqet Naji Atallah
Nelly and Sherihan
Amir Ramses Director · Khaled Hammad Composer Wessam Al Leithy Editor
First release January 22, 2015 · Original title بتوقيت القاهرة
Languages
Original title
بتوقيت القاهرة
Original language
Arabic
Spoken on screen
Arabic
Release dates
Egypt · January 22, 2015
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Hong Kong SAR China
August 9, 2025 · Theatrical · ASEAN Film Festival 2025
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