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- Magdy is a quiet, unassuming Taxi driver with nondescript features and no close associates. When Magdy's wife becomes seriously ill all of Magdy's piteous earnings go to the escalating health costs of keeping her alive. Life presents unexpected opportunities and for Magdy hope arrived in the guise of the notorious Safwat, a corrupt layer. He offers Magdy a chance to earn enough money to not only pay for the surgery but also the means to have a decent living. All Magdy has to do is agree to kill GALAL the well-known left-wing writer who is known for his anti-Islamic views. Magdy is stunned and frightened yet desperate for help. He runs out of options. So he accepts the job having no idea what killing a man entails. Fate brings Dima, a Syrian immigrant into Magdy's life. Dima is Safwat second wife and has seen Magdy with Safwat couple of times. She escapes from Safwat after he violently attacked her. Dima ends up homeless in the streets of Cairo. She meets Magdy. He is sympathetic to her plight, becomes her sole confidant and shares with her the secret of his violent past. The clock is ticking. Safwat demands that Magdy finish the job. Magdy feels the walls closing in and wonders if the Writer should be killed for his views and if so, is it then his religious duty? Magdy discovers through Dima that the question never was or even, how to kill the Writer rather it's about the man who pulls the trigger that causes the harm. And in this exploration, Magdy and Dima's journey by way of violence and death turns out to be their path to self-discovery and true redemption.
- 8 characters skew lifelines that never really intersect in the suburb of Heliopolis in Cairo within a frame of time of 24 hours all in a very stagnant state and never achieving goals.
- Ahlam skips school and works for Farouk, delivering drugs. She wants to help her mother paying the bills. Those trips bring her closer to Ali and a connection happens between them. Ahlam learns that her dad is in prison for theft. Meanwhile, Merritt's fame is gone and she finds all her friends are avoiding her. Ahlam finds it is impossible to find a better life in this environment. Ahlam visits her dad in prison and asks his advice. Merritt offers to help Ahlam obtaining a visa to Europe and buy her a plane ticket. Merritt has the money and the connection, all she wants from Ahlam is to pull the plug from Nabil's life supporting machine in the hospital. In other words, to kill her father in law so Merritt gains custody to her daughter. Ali offers to help Ahlam.
- A powerful account of life in contemporary Cairo, this raw drama about a pair of star-crossed lovers shines a powerful spotlight upon the social and cultural taboos that riddle the city's diverse population. Heralding a bold new shift for contemporary Egyptian cinema, 'Cairo Exit' is a gritty and uncompromising work from a major new cinematic talent, Hesham Issawi.