Cut LooseDirector: Jan Verheyen. Starring: Pepijn Caudron, Sana Mouziane and Jaak Van Assche.Synopsis: Tom, a young and idealistic journalist, is about to settle with his girlfriend when his life and views get shaken up by the beautiful Pakistani refugee Nadia. At work his ideals are more and more confronted with the harsh reality of modern urban society.Showing at: Good News Cinema, 4 pm.
Under the BombsDirector: Philippe Aractingi. Starring: Elham Abbas, Iman Affara, and Zahra Ali.Synopsis: In the wake of Israel s 2006 bombardment of Lebanon, a determined woman finds her way into the country convincing a taxi cab driver to take a risky journey around the scarred region in search of her sister and her son.Showing at: Cairo Opera House’s Artistic Creativity Center, 6:30 pm.
The Night Before the ExamsDirector: Fausto Brizzi. Starring: Fausto Brizzi, Cristiana Capotondi and Nicolas Vaporidis.Synopsis: When Luca blasts his hated lit teacher with a stream of insults, he doesn t know the professor will be sitting in on his oral exams. He tries to get back in favor with the professor while pining for the vixenish Claudia, who he doesn t realize is the professor’s daughter. A bright young cast gives the fast-moving screenplay sparkle. For forty-somethings, the film is a trip down memory lane, from bizarre TV shows of the time to Queen and Duran Duran.Showing at: Cairo Opera House’s small theater, 8 pm.
The TourDirected by: Goran Markovic. Starring: Tihomir Stanic, Jelena Djokic and Dragan Nikolic.Synopsis: The year is 1993, the bleakest time of war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. A group of actors from Belgrade, utterly unaware of what they re setting themselves up for, embark on a search for quick earnings – on a tour around the Serbian Krajina. However, there they are thrust into the heart of war and begin to wander from war front to war front, from one army to the next.Showing at: Nile City 2, 9:30 pm.
