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Cairo Station

Name: Cairo Station
Released: 1958

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1958

In the teeming heart of Cairo's central train station, a lame, lonely newspaper vendor nurses a hopeless obsession with a vivacious drinks seller who is promised to another man. Youssef Chahine's electrifying, tragic drama of desire and desperation.

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Part of 10 Essential Egyptian Films

This film is stop 1 of 10 in the hand-ranked native-cinema route through Egypt. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

Watching this film stamps Egypt in the 196 country film challenge.