Before She Forgets Heliopolis
2020, French. Directed by Valentin Noujaïm.
My family have begun to forget their Egyptian roots and, on asking my grandmother Malo to recount the first part of her life in Cairo, I am confronted by the memories of an exiled Arabic woman, lost in a troubled sea of memories, soon to be erased by the passage of time. I start a tour to trace her steps and understand who she is, and therefore who we are. An Egypt appears where her past, my imaginings and the present Heliopolis mix together as night falls.
- Runtime
- 0h 22m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- French
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- Released
- 2 March 2020
- Original title
- Avant d'oublier Héliopolis
- Country
- Egypt, France
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Before She Forgets Heliopolis runs 22 minutes (0h 22m).
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Before She Forgets Heliopolis isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 2 March 2020. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed Before She Forgets Heliopolis?
Before She Forgets Heliopolis (2020) was directed by Valentin Noujaïm.