On the cusp of the 2011 Egyptian revolution, an overwhelmed young filmmaker (The Kite Runner’s Khalid Abdalla) struggles to complete a project about Cairo. This reflexive drama of creative stalemate and political alienation has won comparisons to 1960s masterworks 8 1/2 and Memories of Underdevelopment, but as an immersive portrait of a city in flux, it discovers poetry entirely its own.
Director Tamer El Said will be present for a Q&A after the screening. Presented with support from UW Madison’s Middle East Studies program. Special thanks to Jonathan Howell, Nevine El-nossery and Jon Vickers.
