Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Language
- Arabic
- Country
- Egypt, United Kingdom, United States
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- In Arabic — subtitles on.
The story
The Square looks at the hard realities faced day-to-day by people working to build Egypt’s new democracy. Cairo’s Tahrir Square is the heart and soul of the film, which follows several young activists. Armed with values, determination, music, humor, an abundance of social media, and sheer obstinacy, they know that the thorny path to democracy only began with Hosni Mubarak’s fall. The life-and-death struggle between the people and the power of the state is still playing out.
- egypt
- police state
- revolution
- woman director
- arab spring
- repression
- egyptian revolution
The bill
- Ramy Essam — Himself
- Ahmed Hassan — Himself
- Aida El Kashef — Herself
- Buthayana Kamel — Herself
- Ragia Omran — Herself
- Sherif Boray — Himself
- Pierre Sioufi — Himself
- Hosni Mubarak — Self (archive footage)
- Mohamed Morsi — Self (archive footage)
- Directed
- Jehane Noujaim
Production
- Rating
- 7.6 / 10 · 165 ratings
- Studio
- Roast Beef Productions, Worldview Entertainment, Noujaim Films, The Othrs, MVD Entertainment Group, City Drive Entertainment Group
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
