The film explores Cairo's chaotic traffic and illustrates the ways in which individuals navigate its hectic roads, unspoken rules, and 14 million vehicles.
[3] The film begins in 2009 and opens with aerial shots of Cairo's geometrical gridlock, while Handel's Water Music plays seamlessly in the background.
Yet through a series of comical behind the wheel interviews, it becomes clear that the array of sounds and gestures represents an ongoing dialogue between the city's 20 million residents.
The unbridled optimism of the January 25 Revolution is evident in drivers' interactions, some of whom volunteer as "traffic helpers" in Tahrir Square.
Elkatsha wrote and directed the majority of the film himself, but also raised $33,000 though through the crowd-funding platform Indiegogo, which allowed him to hire Pierre Haberer as an editor.