Cairo Station, released in 1958, was one of Schein's early classics. However, the film was ahead of its time and was ridiculed by audiences when it wa[Expand All]
Cairo Station, released in 1958, was one of Schein's early classics. However, the film was ahead of its time and was ridiculed by audiences when it was released. It was also banned for a full twelve years due to its depiction of sex and social issues. Later, it was brought back to light and widely regarded as one of the most important Arab films. Xia Yin took the stage, both directing and acting, bringing to life a young Cairo man who sells newspapers and sanitation. Transforming into the Egyptian version of ASHLEY, in his spare time, he likes to cut out the photos of beautiful women from the impurities and stick them all over his station cabin. He has also fallen in love with the seductress who buys lemonade nearby. But in the form of a popular drama, it ultimately ended with an anti-popular drama about a young man's tragic death, while the sacrosanct and inviolable seductive beauty in his eyes was merely another man's possession. Cairo Station was rated as the first work to introduce Neorealism into the Egyptian film world filled with musicals. The director's concern and criticism of gender politics and bad traditions in Egypt have already been revealed in this film.[Collapse]
