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Week of August 6

Patricia Clarkson in Cairo Time

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COLM HOGAN IFC FILMS

Patricia Clarkson in Cairo Time beside Alexander Siddig

In a quietly dazzling star turn, Clarkson plays Juliette, a magazine editor bestirred by an encounter with her husband's former security officer (heartthrob Alexander Siddig) during a trip to Egypt. The film tends toward the chaste, but Clarkson fills it with enigmatic passion.

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