Release Date: 1958-07-31
Overview: 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.
Rating: 7.4 / 10
Farid Shawqy
as Abu Siri
Hind Rostom
as Hanuma
Youssef Chahine
as Qinawi
Hassan El Baroudy
as Madbouli
Abdel Aziz Khalil
as Abo Gaber
Youssef Chahine - Director
Aziz Fadel - Sound Engineer
Mostafa Gamal Eldein - Second Assistant Director
Abdel Hai Adib - Screenplay
Fouad El-Zahry - Original Music Composer
This is quite a good, multi-layered romantic drama set around the bustling environment of 1950's Cairo railway station. "Hanuma" (Hind Rustum) is the drinks seller whom "Qinawi" (director, Youssef Cha...
Enthralling--confusing--not what I expected! his noir film really challenged my and was very much a study of the underbelly of the human condition. I never figured out the two you lovers. The f...