Cairo Station
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- Drama
- Crime
- Thriller
Overview
Qinawi, a physically challenged peddler who makes his living selling newspapers in the central Cairo train station, is obsessed with Hanuma, an attractive young woman who sells drinks. While she jokes with him about a possible relationship, she is actually in love with Abu Siri, a strong and respected porter at the station who is struggling to unionize his fellow workers to combat their boss' exploitative and abusive treatment.
Keywords
- working class
- obsession
- black and white
- train
- cairo
- knife
- railway station
- violence against women
- lemonade
- sexual repression
- workers union
- newspaper seller
- gender violence
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- July 31, 1958
- Original language
- Arabic
- Spoken languages
- Arabic
- Countries
- Egypt
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt0051390