Cairo as Told by Youssef Chahine/ القاهرة منورة بأهلها
- 1991-09-21
- Documentary
- Sanaa Younes, Bassem Samra, Khaled El Nabawy, Hussein al-Imam, Hassan El-Adl, Safaa Al Toukhy
- Youssef Chahine, Khaled Youssef
- 23 min. 23 min.
- 6.8/10
- 5
- France, Egypt
- أفلام مصر العالمية (يوسف شاهين وشركاه), The National Center of Cinema
Overview:
This concise masterpiece began as a commission by French TV for the news series Envoyé spécial. By filming Cairo with his unique sense of artistic digression, Chahine transformed this portrait of a city into the self-portrait of a filmmaker.