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			Chaos aka Chaos, This Is / Heya fawda Youssef Chahine and Khaled Youssef, France/Egypt, 2007; 126m This searing, passionate film revisits one of Chahine’s favorite themes—the corruption of power when left unchecked—as a young D.A. faces off with a brutal police captain (Khaled Saleh, in a great performance) over the fate of several student protesters. Chahine again chronicles a society on a slow boil, with corruption and treachery reaching levels that can only be stopped through massive social change. Becoming increasingly ill during the final weeks of the shoot, Chahine asked his longtime collaborator to take the reins of this visual protest, which fittingly became his final work.		Buy Tickets FRI NOV 13: 8pm
			Cairo Station, aka The Iron Gate screening with Cairo As Seen by Chahine Cairo Station, aka The Iron Gate / Bab el hadid Youssef Chaine, Egypt, 1958; 95m Troubled newspaper dealer Kinawi (Chahine, in an astonishing performance) falls in love with the beautiful but indifferent Hanuma and, swept away by his obsessive desire, kidnaps the object of his passion. A community of luggage carriers and soft-drink dealers at Cairo's main railroad station stands in for Egyptian society at large in this masterpiece, strongly marked by neorealism. Chahine explores sexuality, repression, madness, and violence with a frankness that is remarkable even today. screening with Cairo As Seen by Chahine / Cairo vu par Youssef Chahine Youssef Chahine, France/Egypt, 1991; 22m This concise masterpiece began as a commission by French television for the news series Envoyé spécial. A portrait of a city that’s also a self-portrait of the filmmaker.		Buy Tickets SAT NOV 14: 6:20pm
			The Land / Al-ard Youssef Chahine, Egypt, 1969; 130m Consistently ranked among the best Egyptian films ever made, Chahine's ’60s classic was adapted from Abdel Rahman al-Sharqawi's homonymous novel about feudalism in rural regions. Eight years in the making, The Land chronicles the struggle of a small village of peasants against the careless inroads of the local large landowner, powerfully illustrating why political oppression doesn't necessarily lead to a sense of solidarity among the disenfranchised.		Buy Tickets SAT NOV 14: 8:45pm