What I realized in Cairo Station was the extreme agitation that each character possesses. Qinawi is not only homeless and very poor, but also lame and naive. He is so lonely in terms that he is almost obsessed with certain parts of woman such as their feed or legs. He is so passive and ineffective in his life as if he is streaming in someone else's life. Madbouli is extremely religious that he thinks Qinawi must have been mad when he attempts to murder the other girls supposing she was Hanuma. He always speaks with the name of God and he may be the only one who actually loves Qinawi beyond having a pity towards him. Hanuma is extremely unfortunate, though beautiful, reminding me Turkan Soray, and honorable in a way that she struggles with Qinawi in their first encountering to protect her rectitude. To me, everything was in excess in this film and characters were exaggerated in a way that I even questioned the realism of this film at certain points. Such extremes reminded me Turkish melodramas full of disabled characters.
Review of Cairo Station
