Egyptian Maidens

Cairo is not the place to be for single women over thirty, according to director Amin, who delivers an Egyptian verson of Sex and the City. An interrogating frankness guides the depiction of the challenges of a reality marked by religious traditions and strong notions of gender behaviour, where marriage is the only apparent winning ticket. Cousins Dalia og Haram work hard to find a way out of their troublesome virginity. Disappontments are many and pessimism escalating in a film that still has a lot to say about the endurance of hope. mm