Summary
El Medina is a French film comedy-drama first released in 1999,
directed by Yousry Nasrallah.
The film stars Bassem Samra, Ahmed Fouad Selim, Abla Kamel and Roschdy Zem.
It has also been released under the title: The City.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: Yousry Nasrallah
- Script: Nasser Abdel-Rahmane, Claire Denis, Yousry Nasrallah
- Photo: Samir Bahzan
- Music: Tamer Karaouan
- Cast: Bassem Samra (Ali), Ahmed Fouad Selim (The father), Abla Kamel (Bannoura, the mother), Roschdy Zem (Roschdy), Inês de Medeiros (Agnès), Amr Saad (Oussama), Basma Ahmad (Nadia), Sarry El-Naggar (Fox), Messaoud Hattau (Firas), Seif El Dine (Mounir), Atteya Ouess (Uncle Chalabi), Zaki Abdel Wahab (The film director), Youssra (Herself), Ahmed Azmi
- Country: Egypt / France
- Language: Arabic / French
- Runtime: 108 min
- Aka: The City; La Ville
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