Angels of Cairo

- Blurb -

Lewis has written a script. Eighty pages in ten days. Hardly slept. . . He taps the bag on his shoulder with adelicate fingertip like it' s a hot kettle. Cliff is then giventen minutes on the problem with Lewis' s printer. Thenthe history of problems with his printer. Then problemswith printers more generally. . . Robert Clifford is in Cairo to present his latest film fora festival prize. It has taken seven gruelling years ofhis life to make and is definitely NOT a film about hismother. But his moment in the spotlight is not quite as hescripted. There are rumours the jury could be influenced. Nobody can lay their hands on a copy of the film. Andeven his girlfriend thinks it' s about his mother. Cliff' s producer has not turned up but sent his nephewLewis Proudfoot instead. Lewis has a script of his ownto sell and is determined that everyone should hearabout it. Then a meeting is arranged with a group ofthe festival organiser' s friends, who may or may not berevolutionaries. . . Angels of Cairo is a fast-moving, acerbic comedy toldover a single day but capturing a lifetime of angst andself-doubt.