Square, The

Does it go into depth and is it unbiased? It doesn’t, it isn’t, plus it’s decidedly melodramatic. The power of the documentary about years of protest in Tahrira lies in something else. It is direct. It gives the impression that it arose as a spontaneous event “come and film us protesting". It is direct in the moderate introduction “hand in hand, Muslim or Christian, let’s topple Mubarak’s regime", it is direct during “let’s topple the military regime and begin to get into politics" and direct during the passage “let us, brother against brother, topple Mursi and the Muslim Brotherhood clique". And the gradual harsh disillusionment with revolutionary fervor for better tomorrows which to the letter reflect the old adage “from the frying pan into the fire" is the saddest and also the most fascinating thing about this. (04.03.2014)