Cairo Station (1958) review

Narrator Madbouli (Hassan el Baroudi) operates a newsstand in the title Egyptian train station and talks about how he 'saved' despondent - and physically disabled - Qinawi (Chahine) by giving him a shack to live in, but Qinawi becomes hopelessly fixated on drink peddler Hannuma (Hind Rostom), who's already engaged to brawny (and possessive) Abu Siri (Farid Shawqi) ... oh, there's also a killer running around carving up bodies.  The biggest mistake Chahine makes is making Qinawi the "main character" since he's so creepy and deeply unpleasant (despite his ailment) - the narrative would have been best served by focusing on sultry Hannuma and Abu Siri, who are significantly more interesting figures.  Its suggestion that sexual repression - Qinawi hangs up pictures of buxom ladies and stares at women - leads to homicidal behavior is sub-Psych 101 babble: if that were the case, nuns would all be behaving like they were in a Jean Rollin movie.