« Le Caire confidentiel » : Un film qui déconstruit le système de corruption politique de Hosni Moubarak

Abstract

This article offers a general film analysis of Cairo Confidential, a first feature-length fiction film related to the beginning of the Egyptian revolution in January 2011, shot in 2015 by Tarik Saleh, a Swedish director of Egyptian origin. Through this film analysis, we question the generic identity of Cairo Confidential through its main character and its plot, and the relationship that the film maintains in its narration, its mise-en-scène, its point of view and its visual style, with the rules, conventions and codes of film noir.