Cairo International Film Festival: Today's highlights

Daily Star Egypt Staff
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Civic Duty (US)

On the surface, Terry Allen (Peter Krause) appears to be a model American citizen. But after he loses his job and his mortgage application falls through, he quickly sinks into a media-fueled obsession with his country s war on terrorism. When a Muslim student named Gabe Hassan unexpectedly moves in next door, Allen s fears are further exacerbated.

Good news9 pm

Principio y fin (Mexico)

The story of the Boteros, a middle-class Mexican family struggling against poverty after their father s death. Ignacia (Egurrola) is the Boteros mother, a desperate woman who chooses to sacrifice the destiny of her three older children, in order to protect Gabriel (Laguardia) the youngest one. She believes Gabriel will climb the social structure and bring back the lost fortune to the family. But destiny has other plans for the Boteros and tragedy will overcome eventually. Based on the of Nobel Prize winner Naguib Mahfouz s The Beginning and the End.

Metro7 pm

Iberia (Spain/France)

A musical directed by Carlos Saura, this movie captures a series of dances inspired by composer Isaac Albéniz s Iberia suite. Saura deals with multimedia concepts and a more contemporary concept of dance and music.

Stars 19:30 pm

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