The movie delicately introduces gritty topics in urban Egypt - in a way that non-Egyptians can watch it and still love the country. For example, normalizing abuse, patriarchal attitudes, the fickleness of the law - all of these things that are abundant in developing countries. The story itself is quite lovely, a sex worker and a film director coming to terms with what's unpleasant in life during a night-long taxi ride. There are a few twists at the end that surprised me. I didn't expect to like all of the characters, but by the end I did care about them quite a bit!
Review of Leil Khargi
