Cairo Station

7/31/19581h 17min7.4/10(155 TMDB votes)

CrimeDramaThriller

Directed by Youssef Chahine

Plot

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.