Cannes film follows Egypt feminists on brink of adulthood

US actor Richard Gere filming with his mobile phone the photographers during a photocall for the film "Oh Canada" at the 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 18, 2024. (Photo by LOIC VENANCE / AFP)

Filmmakers Nada Riyadh and Ayman El Amir spent so much time following an all-girl theatre troupe in a remote Egyptian village that at one point someone tried to sell them a house.