Cairo Time

It’s a postcard-lovely movie...

By the end of the film, Juliette may rest content with the knowledge that she has, in fact, experienced the real Egypt, but, after 89 minutes spent with Cairo Time, the viewer may be far more likely to share the other woman's sentiment.

Juliette means to care, but she seems rather unfit for it. This makes her at once an exotic object for Tareq and a familiar subject for the film’s Western viewers...

It's a haunting and hypnotic film.