Cairo Station + Cairo As Seen by Chahine

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This brooding noirish drama made director Youssef Chahine a name on the international festival circuit. The director himself delivers a remarkable performance as a dull-witted newspaper vendor whose infatuation with a sexy lemonade saleswoman builds slowly to an uncontrollable conflagration. A work without precedent in formal and thematic daring, in Egyptian popular cinema.