Cairo Time (2010) - ***1/2
Patricia Clarkson is one of the greatest actresses alive. In Cairo Time she plays Juliette, a Canadian magazine editor who arrives in Cairo for a vacation with her husband, a UN official who is working in Gaza. Her husband is delayed, so he asks an Egyptian friend Tareq (Alexander Siddig) to watch over her. Filmed on location, this is a quiet, beautiful picture, that doesn't rely on plot as much as it does atmosphere. An absolute success for writer/director Ruba Nadda and another Oscar-worthy performance by Clarkson.
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