Cairo Time is the kind of slender, willowy picture that could easily be dismissed as inconsequential, maybe even laughable: A fiftyish magazine writer, Juliette (Patricia Clarkson), travels to Cairo to meet her husband, who works for the United Nations and is stationed in the area. He’s called away on urgent business and thus sends his former bodyguard, Tareq (Alexander Siddig), to meet her. The inevitable happens: Juliette’s husband is delayed for days, and Tareq assumes a greater role in her adventure, first as a guide and protector and then as a friend. Nothing — and everything — happens between them.
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REVIEW: Patricia Clarkson Leads Lustrous Cairo Time
