2017 | Egypt, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Norway | Fiction

Cactus Flower

  • Arabic English, French 103 mins
  • Director | Hala Elkoussy
  • Writer | Hala Elkoussy
  • Producer | Hala Elkoussy, Abdelsalam Moussa

STATUS: Released

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Aida, a 33-year-old struggling actress from a provincial background finds herself homeless on the streets of Cairo, alongside her reclusive neighbour Samiha, a 70-year-old bourgeois woman. With no money and nowhere to go, the two women, aided by Yassin, a 20-year-old street-savvy youth, set out to find shelter. Amid the banal—and, at times, disastrous—turns their journey takes, they embark on parallel journeys of self-discovery. An extraordinary friendship grows between the unlikely trio, like a delicate flower blooming from a thorny cactus.

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