Al Ghaba (Demons of Cairo)
OT: Al Ghaba (Les Démons du Caire)
Ahmed Atef // Egypt, 2008
Fiction Feature // FF2009
Story
After shooting a documentary short film on the street children of Cairo, director Ahmed Atef was so taken up by the topic that he decided to make a feature film about it. Glue sniffing runaways and abandoned orphans make easy targets for violent gangs and sadistic policemen. And yet they resist. A disturbing, tragic film, whose sheer brutality Atef underlines with the instruments of poetic realism.
Director
Ahmed Atef, born in 1971, director and writer. His films include"How to Let Girls Love You" (2003) and "Omar" (2000).Info
Al Ghaba (Les Démons du Caire)
Fiction Feature
Arabic
Agenda 09//FF2009
Egypt
2008
90 min
OV
Ahmed Atef
Ahmed Atef, Nasser Abdel Rahman
Reham Abdel Ghaffour, Hanan Metawie, Ahmed Azmi, Amr Abdel Gelil
Ahmed Atef
Raouf Abdel Aziz
Ahmed Abdallah
Amr Ismail
Sunny land film (Limited)
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