Humbert Humbert goes to Russia Bertolucci is back. And more. Mohamed El-Assyouti reviews first week festival highlights
When not taking part counts A dull competition appears to be the consensus. And Khairiya El-Bishlawi agrees
A fascinating ordinariness Youssef Rakha takes stock of West Beirut, Ziyad Doueiri's cinematic debut	Second week of the 23rd Cairo International Film Festival programme
A star is bored No trick questions. But then not really very many questions at all. Injy El-Kashef on half an hour with Alain Delon

Plain talk By Mursi Saad El-Din