Cairo
Arabic with English subtitles
Rating: 14A (violence)
18 year old Coptic girl, Amal, finds herself pregnant from her Muslim boyfriend, Tarek. Tarek is planning to leave Egypt on an illegal boat-crossing to Italy and he gives her an ultimatum: leave the country with him, or have an abortion. Torn between losing her baby and the love of her life, or losing her family, Amal will learn along the way that love transcends any social boundaries...
- Egypt - 2010
- Drama (96 minutes)
- Director: Hesham Issawi
Film Schedule 2011
Friday October 21
Saturday October 22
- Shout - 1:00pm
- Malaki - Scent of an Angel - 3:00pm
- Cairo Exit - 5:00pm
- Mona Eltahawy - Guest Speaker - 7:30pm
Sunday October 23
- War, Love, God, & Madness - 3:00pm
- Grandma, A Thousand Times (Teta, Alf Marra)- 5:00pm
- 18 Days - 6:30pm