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The City of the Dead (2009)

Name: The City of the Dead
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2016-06-23T10:21:28+02:00

Documentary | 62 minutes

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Genre: Documentary

Duration: 62 minuten

Country: Portugal / Egypt / Spain

Directed by: Sérgio Tréfaut

IMDb score: 6,9 (95)

Releasedate: 14 April 2011

This movie is not available on US streaming services.

The City of the Dead plot

Cairo has a huge cemetery, El Arafa, where a kind of city has arisen between the tombs and mausoleums. One million people live in what is known as the 'city of the dead'. Many funerals take place every day, while a young shepherd herds his cattle through the streets, a market woman tries to sell her plastic laundry baskets and children fly kites between the tombstones. Nothing but respect for the dead, but also striking sobriety, because in “The City of the Dead” life and death have made a peaceful pact. In his carefully framed documentary, Sérgio Tréfaut shows different facets of this wonderful enclave.