Egyptian Classics: Bab el Hadid (1958)

Studio Arabesquo x Cinema de Vlugt presenteren: Bab el Hadid

Spoken language: Arabic
Subtitles: English

About the film:
A newspaper salesman at the train station in Cairo develops an unhealthy obsession with a woman who sells refreshments.
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