In the Last Days of the City

(Akher ayam el madina, Tamer El Said, Egypt/Germany/UK/United Arab Emirates 2016, 118 min., DCP, Arabic w/subtitles)

Rochester Premiere. Tamer El Said’s ambitious debut feature tells the fictional story of a filmmaker from downtown Cairo (Khalid Abdalla; The Kite Runner, United 93, Green Zone, The Square) as he struggles to capture the soul of a city on edge while facing loss in his own life. Shot in Cairo, Beirut, Baghdad, and Berlin during the two years before the outbreak of revolution in Egypt, the film’s multilayered stories are a visually rich exploration of friendship, loneliness, and life in the shadows of war and adversity. 

Also showing: Tuesday, July 3, 7:30 p.m.