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Cairo Station Blu-ray

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Release Year: 1958

Runtime: 77 min

Director: Youssef Chahine

Cast: Farid Shawqy, Hind Rostom, Youssef Chahine, Hassan El Baroudy, Abdel Aziz Khalil

Studios: ستديو الأهرام (ستديوهات الأهرام), أفلام النيل (جبرائيل تلحمي)

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.

Special Features:

New 4K digital restoration

with uncompressed monaural soundtrack.

New 2K digital restoration of Cairo as Seen by Chahine

(1991), a short documentary by Youssef Chahine, with an introduction by film scholar Joseph Fahim.

New interview with Joseph Fahim

Chahine, Why?

(2004), a documentary on the director and Cairo Station.

Excerpt

from Chahine’s appearance at the 1998 Midnight Sun Film Festival.

New English subtitle translation

PLUS: An essay by Fahim