After shooting a documentary short film on the street children of Cairo, director Ahmed Atef was so taken up by the topic that he decided to make a feature film about it. Glue sniffing runaways and abandoned orphans make easy targets for violent gangs and sadistic policemen. And yet they resist. A disturbing, tragic film, whose sheer brutality Atef underlines with the instruments of poetic realism.

Director: Ahmed Atef

Screenplay: Ahmed Atef, Nasser Abdel Rahman

Cast: Reham Abdel Ghaffour, Hanan Metawie, Ahmed Azmi, Amr Abdel Gelil

Producer: Ahmed Atef

Orig. Titel: Al Ghaba (Les Démons du Caire)
Section: Agenda 10
Original language: Arabic
Filmtype: Fiction Feature
Music: Amr Ismail
DoP: Raouf Abdel Aziz
Editor: Ahmed Abdallah
Format: 35 mm

World Sales: Sunny land film (Limited)
Production Company: Egypt Films, 4 Mohandessin Nile Towers, (B) Maadi Nile Cornihe, Cairo, Egypt, Tel: +2010 141 00 88, Fax: +202 25 26 7001, email: egyptfilms@gmail.com