At Night, They Dance

Original Title: La Nuit, elles dansent

• Film
• 2011
• 1h 21m
• Released

Seldom has Egypt's capital been so evocatively captured. A fly-on-the-wall doc exploring the mysterious and hard-knock reality of a typical Egyptian belly dancer clan in working-class Cairo. Unparalleled access to this hidden world leaves the viewer fascinated and surprised that at night they dance. Such frankness among Arabic women is all too rare in films.

• Directing Isabelle LavigneStéphane Thibault
• Writing Isabelle Lavigne
• Starring Reda Ibrahim Mohamed AliAmira Said Samir SayedBossy Said Samir Sayed