The Aquarium
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Yousry Nasrallah
Amr Waked
Gamil Ratib
Bassem Samra
Ahmed El Fichawy
Dora Zarouk
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Cairo in Winter. Laila is the host of a night time radio show called 'Night Secrets' during which callers phone in to ask for advice or talk about their experiences. The program is particularly popular among listeners who take vicarious pleasure in participating in the love lives of others without having to reveal their own. Youssef is an anaesthetist. He enjoys listening to the things that his anaesthetized patients mumble as they drift off into unconsciousness. Youssef's father has cancer and is near death. During the day, Youssef works in a reputable private clinic. By night, he earns a bit extra in a shady abortion clinic. Laila and Youssef don't know each other. And yet they have their similarities. Both are introverted and hide their true personality behind the secrets of others. In three days' time, Laila and Youssef's paths will cross by chance.
Director
Yousry Nasrallah
Cast
Amr Waked
Gamil Ratib
Bassem Samra
Ahmed El Fichawy
Dora Zarouk
Menha Batraoui
Tamim Abdou
Salwa Mohammed Ali
Samah Anwar
Laila Samy
Mohamed Farouk
Ezzat Ibrahim
Marwa El Sawy
Hend Sabri
Crew
Nasser Abdel-rahmane
Mona Assaad
Ihab Ayoub
Samir Bahsan
Samir Bahzan
Karl Baumgartner
Boris Chapelle
Ibrahim El Dessouky
Racha El Kordy
Adel El Maghraby
Denis Freyd
Tamer Karawan
Nadine Khan
Gabriel Khoury
Nahed Nasrallah
Yousry Nasrallah
Mona Rabie
Cyrille Richard
Christophe Vingtrinier
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 2008
Released in United States February 2008
Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (Panorama) February 7-17, 2008.
Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival (World Cinema) April 24-May 8, 2008.
Shown at Tribeca Film Festival (World Narrative Feature Competition) April 23-May 4, 2008.
Released in United States 2008 (Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival (World Cinema) April 24-May 8, 2008.)
Released in United States 2008 (Shown at Tribeca Film Festival (World Narrative Feature Competition) April 23-May 4, 2008.)
Released in United States February 2008 (Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (Panorama) February 7-17, 2008.)
