And on a Different Note

Domestic scenes filmed in Cairo and New York unfold to a continuous stream of political talk shows and onscreen text, at times transcribing the exchanges and at others bringing the viewer into the director's interior world. The 24-hour news cycle and social media networks supersede national borders, revealing both an existential fatigue in light of world affairs and guarded playfulness at having-through the cinematic process-carved out time shielded from them.