by Jason Buchanan
synopsis
Youssef Chahine directs and stars in this bittersweet, neo-realist drama about a crippled newspaper vendor who falls for a gorgeous lemonade seller. Qinawi (Chahine) is in love with Hanouma (Hind Rostom). But Hanouma is engaged to rugged station worker Abu-Serih (Farid Chawqi). As Abu-Serih attempts to unionize the station workers, Qinawi's fixation on Hanouma crosses the threshold from innocent crush to dangerous obsession.
characteristics
- High Historical Importance
- High Artistic Quality
- Railroad-station
- Intersecting Lives
- Vendor
- Sexual-frustration
- Fiancee
- Anti-hero
- Only Human
