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) when 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.