One taxi, one driver, all of Cairo's chaos — buckle up, it's gonna get weird.
A social comedy that tells the life of the street in Cairo in 2007 and 2008 through a taxi driver. We see daily dilemmas for the taxi driver through the taxi customers from all segments of the society in comical paradoxical paradoxes that reflect the spirit and rhythm of the Egyptian street in all its manifestations to see the state of a society full of shyness and surprise. .
Acting
Ashraf Abdel Baky carries the entire film on his weary shoulders
Writing
Dialogue that feels eavesdropped, not written
Direction
Saeed Hamed turns a taxi into a moving confessional
Director
Saeed Hamed
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot during the actual 2007-2008 period, the film accidentally documents pre-revolutionary Egyptian anxiety bubbling under Mubarak's stagnation.
Ashraf Abdel Baky reportedly improvised several passenger interactions after real Cairo taxi rides, blurring documentary and fiction.
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