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Cairo Time (2009)

Cairo Time poster
Directed by
Ruba Nadda
Genre
drama film, romance film
Country
United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada
Runtime
1h 30m
Rated
PG
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 83 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman visiting Cairo to meet her husband gets stranded in the city. She falls into an unexpected romance with a former colleague of her husband.

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What happens

Cairo Time is a 2009 film by Canadian director Ruba Nadda. It is a romantic drama about a brief, unexpected love interest that catches two people completely off-guard. The film won the award for Best Canadian Film at the Toronto International Film Festival 2009. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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