Six love stories, one revolution, and a street vendor who's weirdly optimistic about everything burning down.
Set against the backdrop of the unrest during the pre-revolution period of January 25, 2011, by following the stories of six relationships in different stages that express ambition, happiness and disappointments, that are connected with Asham , a street vendor, who expresses optimism about Egypt's future.
Acting
Amina Khalil's quiet devastation in a film full of loud emotions.
Direction
Maggie Morgan weaves six threads without losing the street-level grit.
Production
Pre-revolution Cairo captured like a city holding its breath.
Director
Maggie Morgan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Filmed literally weeks before Mubarak fell, making its 'optimism about the future' unintentionally heartbreaking in retrospect.
Maggie Morgan was one of few women directing Egyptian cinema in the 2010s; this film was largely ignored domestically until rediscovered by Arab diaspora critics years later.
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