Cairo International Film Festival: Today's Highlights

Daily Star Egypt Staff
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The Tiger and the Snow (Italy)A love-struck Italian poet is stuck in Iraq at the onset of an American invasion. The director Roberto Benigni mixes tragedy with light comedy, so the movie is both humorous and touchingGood News6:30 pm

Raval . Raval (Spain)This story takes place in Raval, Barcelona, where an old man called Aurelio converts to Islam despite his family s objection. Stars 17 pm

Who Loves the Sun (Canada)Will Morrison and Daniel Bloom were the best of friends. They grew up together, went to the same schools, liked the same records, loved the same girls. Then one day Will disappeared without a word. Half a decade later he re-surfaces and sets off a tsunami of unforeseeable events.Nile City7 pm

Mariposa Negra (Spain/Peru)Gabriela, a pretty and upstanding young schoolteacher, receives a phone call to find out that her beloved fiancé, a judge dedicated to stamping out corruption, has been brutally murdered. The grief-stricken schoolteacher vows to avenge her fiancé s death. Her journey takes her through a series of twists and turns that range from comic to horrifying, and straight to the top of Peru s power structure.Metro9:30 pm

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