The City

Drama

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director Yousry Nasrallah

Status Released

Release Date 1999-08-01

Storyline

Ali, an aspiring actor, works in a government-aided butchery and takes part in a cheap play. Defying his father's wishes, he moves to Paris to fulfill his dreams and starts living illegally alongside many other Arabs. Ali has a life-changing experience there that he won't fully remember until he returns to Egypt.