The Cinémas du Sud festival in the French city of Lyon is a chance for European movie-goers to discover cinematic gems from North Africa and the Middle East.<br /><br /> Among the films screened for this 15th edition was ‘El Ott’ by Egyptian director Ibrahim El-Batout.<br /><br /> It stars Egyptian actor Amr Waked as a gangster who challenges a notorious mobster, a kidnapper of street children for organ trafficking. Egyptian acting legend Farouk Al-Fishawy plays the baddie, a silent character who represents evil throughout the movie.<br /><br /> Waked, who also produced the film, says organ trafficking in Cairo is an alarming issue: “A while back, I read about these dismembered bodies of children being discovered in tips. I was very shocked to find out that this really does happen,” he told euronews. <br /><br /> The story is inspired by the ancient Egyptian legend of Osiris, murdered by his jealous brother and dismembered into fourteen pieces: “The Egyptian myth of Osiris was the first story about a dreadful dismembering,
