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Cairo Classics · 44th Edition

A Day for Women

Director

Kamla Abo Zekry  

Country

Egypt

Runtime

1 h 51 min

Language

Arabic

Synopsis

A new swimming pool opens in a Cairo district, with the announcement that Sundays will be only for females. This causes ripples throughout the local community, while three women - Shamiya, Azza, and Lula - assess their varying lives.  

Cast

Elham Shahin, Nahed El Sebai, Nelly Karim, Mahmoud Hemida, Ahmed El Fishawy

Screenplay

Hanaa Attia

Producers

Elham Shahin

About the Director

An Egyptian film director whose extensive oeuvre encompasses several films, including; MALEK WE KETABA (2005) and A’N EL ESHQ WEL HAWA (2006), WAHED SEFR (2009), 18 DAYS (2011), and A DAY FOR WOMEN (2016) which opened the 38th edition of CIFF. Kamla Abo Zekry’s repertoire of TV drama includes A GIRL NAMED ZAT in 2013, SEGN EL NESA in 2014,WAHET EL GHOROUB in 2017. In 2020, the drama hit 100 WESH, and recently in BETOLOU’ EL ROUH in Ramadan 2022.  

Screenings

Wed 16 Nov · 17:15 – 19:06 Opera House - Hanager Cinema