FESTIVALS 11/15-24 : CAIRO International Film Festival
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1. The Object of Beauty (1991)
R | 103 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
This story is about a ne'er-do-well and his girlfriend as they search for a thief.
Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg | Stars: John Malkovich, Andie MacDowell, Lolita Davidovich, Rudi Davies
Votes: 2,294 | Gross: $5.19M
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2. Liushou nushi (1992)
103 min | Romance
Director: Xueyang Hu | Stars: Chun Sun, Jingshuang Xiu, Ying Zhao
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3. Curfew (1994)
74 min | Drama
24 hours of family drama during a curfew announced by the Israeli army in a Palestinian refugee camp on the Gaza Strip in 1993.
Director: Rashid Masharawi | Stars: Salim Daw, Na'ila Zayaad, Mahmoud Qadah, Younis Younis
Votes: 101
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4. Colonel Chabert (1994)
110 min | Drama, History, Romance
Colonel Chabert has been severely wounded in the French-Russian Napoleonic war to the point that the medical examiner has signed his death certificate. When he regains his health and memory... See full summary »
Director: Yves Angelo | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Fanny Ardant, Fabrice Luchini, André Dussollier
Votes: 2,076 | Gross: $0.73M
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5. The Flor Contemplacion Story (1995)
TV-14 | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A Filipno domestic helper is accused of murdering her fellow domestic helper, and her employer's son in singapore.
Director: Joel Lamangan | Stars: Nora Aunor, Vina Morales, Ian De Leon, Amy Austria
Votes: 84
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6. A Girl Called Apple (1996)
Comedy, Drama
The beautiful Zinat, whom everyone calls Tuffahah for her beauty, works in Ministry of Finance,.
Directors: Raafat El Mehi, Raafat El-Mihi | Stars: Layla Olwi, Maged El-Masri, Mamdouh Abd El Aleem, Mamdouh Abdelalim
Votes: 66
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7. The Chambermaid on the Titanic (1997)
101 min | Drama, Romance
An ordinary foundry worker fakes a love story between him and the chambermaid from RMS Titanic. When ship sinks and chambermaid probably dies, his story gains popularity. But lie always has its price.
Director: Bigas Luna | Stars: Olivier Martinez, Romane Bohringer, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Didier Bezace
Votes: 1,462 | Gross: $0.24M
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8. Malli (1998)
90 min | Drama
A tribal girl searches for a magical blue stone that will cure her best friend's muteness.
Director: Santosh Sivan | Stars: Shweta, Sweta
Votes: 59
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9. A Major Inconvenience (1999)
110 min | Drama
Laurent's fate is to be a soccer superstar. But he happens to fall in love with a Fabienne, 40. He is only 18, and his career is about to fall apart...
Director: Bernard Stora | Stars: Jalil Lespert, Mireille Perrier, Chantal Banlier, Clément Sibony
Votes: 102
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10. Sigh (2000)
111 min | Drama, Family, Romance
A mid-aged writer struggles keeping life in one piece between when his wife find out about the mistress .
Director: Xiaogang Feng | Stars: Guoli Zhang, Pei Liu, Fan Xu, Biao Fu
Votes: 419
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11. Pauline & Paulette (2001)
PG | 78 min | Comedy, Drama
Pauline is a 'little girl of 66 years old'. She is intellectually disabled and been cared after by her sister Martha. When Martha dies, her two younger sisters, Paulette and Cecile have to ... See full summary »
Director: Lieven Debrauwer | Stars: Dora van der Groen, Ann Petersen, Rosemarie Bergmans, Julienne De Bruyn
Votes: 1,829 | Gross: $0.14M
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12. Az utolsó blues (2002)
90 min | Drama
"The Last Blues" is set over a period of 24 hours. On this day the life of thirty-five year old Andris goes irreversibly astray.
Director: Péter Gárdos | Stars: János Kulka, Andrea Fullajtár, Agnieszka Wagner, Péter Rudolf
Votes: 135
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13. The King (2002)
130 min | Drama
A former drug addict gets a new lease of life in his grandfather's dilapidated rural house, only to face the unwritten laws of the close-knit community. Now, all that's needed is a catalyst. Who can stop the advent of hell on New Paradise?
Director: Nikos Grammatikos | Stars: Vangelis Mourikis, Marilita Lambropoulou, Minas Hatzisavvas, Babis Giotopoulos
Votes: 2,563
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14. Guardians of the Clouds (2004)
105 min | Drama, Family, Western
The raw history of an South-east Italian family in 1952's, among poorness and the fight to survive.
Director: Luciano Odorisio | Stars: Franco Nero, Luisa Ranieri, Sergio Assisi, Anna Galiena
Votes: 35
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15. Mother of Mine (2005)
Not Rated | 111 min | Drama, War
During World War II, more than 70,000 Finnish children were evacuated to neutral Sweden to avoid the conflict. From the award-winning Klaus Härö (Elina: As If I Wasn't There (2002)), "... See full summary »
Director: Klaus Härö | Stars: Topi Majaniemi, Marjaana Maijala, Maria Lundqvist, Michael Nyqvist
Votes: 4,607
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16. Fang xiang zhi lu (2006)
114 min | Drama
Aboard a bus in the rural mountains of China, a naive young girl name Li Chunfen attends to passengers' needs, all the while speaking of the virtues of the Communist Party. The always loyal... See full summary »
Director: Jiarui Zhang | Stars: Wei Fan, Lu Huang, Hongyi Li, Yuan Nie
Votes: 307
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17. Intimate Enemies (2007)
Not Rated | 111 min | Drama, History, War
A drama following a French platoon during Algeria's war of independence.
Director: Florent-Emilio Siri | Stars: Benoît Magimel, Albert Dupontel, Aurélien Recoing, Marc Barbé
Votes: 3,454
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18. Retorno a Hansala (2008)
95 min | Drama
A woman loses her brother in an illegal immigration attempt and must return his body to their homeland.
Director: Chus Gutiérrez | Stars: Farah Hamed, José Luis García-Pérez, Adam Bounnouacha, Antonio de la Torre
Votes: 198
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19. Letters to Father Jacob (2009)
74 min | Drama
With few options, newly pardoned convict Leila agrees to work as an assistant to a blind pastor. Father Jacob spends his days answering the letters of the needy, which Leila finds pointless... See full summary »
Director: Klaus Härö | Stars: Kaarina Hazard, Heikki Nousiainen, Jukka Keinonen, Esko Roine
Votes: 2,497
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20. Lust (2010)
135 min | Drama, Horror
In Alexandria, Fatmah learns that her youngest son needs weekly dialysis, which requires 300 pounds. She does not have enough money for that. She travels to Cairo to beg far from her home ... See full summary »
Director: Khaled El Hagar | Stars: Sawsan Badr, Rubi, Ahmed Azmi, Maryhan
Votes: 178
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21. Rendezvous in Kiruna (2012)
97 min | Drama
Ernest Toussaint, a renowned architect, lives for his work and - it could even be said - hides in it. He has a life companion, Victoire, in whom he only takes a distracted interest. One day... See full summary »
Director: Anna Novion | Stars: Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Anastasios Soulis, Claes Ljungmark, Kim Bodnia
Votes: 136
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22. Melbourne (2014)
91 min | Drama
The film recounts the story of a young couple on their way to Melbourne to continue their studies. However, just a few hours before the departure of their flight, they are unintentionally involved in a tragic event.
Director: Nima Javidi | Stars: Payman Maadi, Negar Javaherian, Mani Haghighi, Shirin Yazdanbakhsh
Votes: 2,024
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23. Mediterranea (2015)
Unrated | 107 min | Drama
Two men make the dangerous journey from Africa to Italy for a better life, but then face hostility and violence in this shocking look at the life-and-death struggle of refugees.
Director: Jonas Carpignano | Stars: Alassane Sy, Koudous Seihon, Adam Gnegne, Mary Elizabeth Innocence
Votes: 1,792 | Gross: $0.01M
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24. Mimosas (2016)
Not Rated | 96 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
A dying Sheikh travels across the Moroccan Atlas in a caravan escorted by two rogues.
Director: Óliver Laxe | Stars: Ahmed Hammoud, Shakib Ben Omar, Said Aagli, Ikram Anzouli
Votes: 974
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25. L'intrusa (2017)
95 min | Drama
Social worker in Naples confronts moral dilemma risking her life's work after battling criminal mindsets in the city's daily conflicts.
Director: Leonardo Di Costanzo | Stars: Raffaella Giordano, Valentina Vannino, Martina Abbate, Anna Patierno
Votes: 434
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26. A Twelve-Year Night (2018)
TV-MA | 122 min | Adventure, Biography, Crime
1973. Uruguay is governed by a military dictatorship. One autumn night, three Tupamaro prisoners are taken from their jail cells in a secret military operation. The order is precise: "As we can't kill them, let's drive them mad."
Director: Álvaro Brechner | Stars: Antonio de la Torre, Chino Darín, Alfonso Tort, César Troncoso
Votes: 10,986
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27. I'm No Longer Here (2019)
TV-MA | 112 min | Drama
In Monterrey, Mexico, a young street gang spends their days dancing to slowed-down cumbia and attending parties. After a mix-up with a local cartel, their leader is forced to migrate to the U.S. but quickly longs to return home.
Director: Fernando Frias | Stars: Juan Daniel García Treviño, Emily May Jampel, Xueming Angelina Chen, Leonardo Ávila
Votes: 9,417
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28. Limbo (VI) (2020)
R | 104 min | Comedy, Drama
Omar is a promising young musician. Separated from his Syrian family, he is stuck on a remote Scottish island awaiting the fate of his asylum request.
Director: Ben Sharrock | Stars: Sidse Babett Knudsen, Kenneth Collard, Amir El-Masry, Vikash Bhai
Votes: 5,290
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29. The Hole in the Fence (2021)
Unrated | 100 min | Drama, Thriller
Exposes the fault lines and schisms of contemporary Mexican society.
Director: Joaquin del Paso | Stars: Valeria Lamm, Lucciano Kurti, Eric David Walker, Yubah Ortega
Votes: 432
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30. Alam (2022)
109 min | Drama
In a Palestinian town, Tamer and his friends lead a typical high school student's life until the arrival of the beautiful Maysaa'. To please her, Tamer agrees to take part in a mysterious ... See full summary »
Director: Firas Khoury | Stars: Mahmood Bakri, Sereen Khass, Mohammad Karaki, Muhammad Abed Elrahman
Votes: 204
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