Cairo Year Zero
In the culminating months before the 2011 Egyptian Revolution, four young friends spend a casual evening roaming their native Cairo before an unexpected altercation fatefully transforms one of them into an unlikely revolutionary s...
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"In Cairo Year Zero, Director/Writer, Niko Volonakis, draws his audience into a journey rife with tension: a vibrant reflection of the social and political state of Egypt prior to the Egyptian Revolution of 2011. With Egypt's Emergency Law suppressing constitutional rights and legalizing censorship, not-to-mention, enforcing police brutality, watching Cairo Year Zero is like observing a pot boil, as something is certain to explode. Volonakis's characters search for an escape from their repressive environment, finding reprieve only within the safety of their intimate friendships. As th..."
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The main storyline unfolds over the course of one evening. With the exception of the rooftop scene, which was filmed the night before, the single evening in the film was filmed in a single evening in real life. Due to the busy rehearsal schedule of Khalil, Alderazi and Madkour for a play at the American University of Cairo, which was being documented by Volonakis for use in a promotional trailer for the upcoming performance, their only window for principle photography was their weekend off. The establishing morning shots of Cairo were filmed immediately after the shoot with the actors had wrapped, and Volonakis rushed to board his plane to Athens a few hours afterwards.
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In the culminating months before the 2011 Egyptian Revolution, four young friends spend a casual evening roaming their native Cairo before an unexpected altercation fatefully transforms one of them into an unlikely revolutionary s...