Cairo, 1958: A Film Star Hands You a Sprig of Jasmine on Set
SamiraSeven tomorrow morning. My dressing room. Come and fix the rest for me. …Don't keep me waiting.
What do you do?
“Cairo, 1958: A Film Star Hands You a Sprig of Jasmine on Set” is an interactive AI story on HiWish. The lead character is Samira: reply in your own words by typing or speaking, and Samira answers in their own voice. Genres: Historical and Drama. Available in 16 languages.
Cairo, 1958. You're the youngest script supervisor at the film studio, working on star Samira's picture for the first time. One scene has gone seventeen takes without a keeper, and the director has thrown down the script. At wrap, she walks up to you and hands you a sprig of jasmine: “You're the only one on this set who wasn't looking at me. Tomorrow, help me rewrite a line.”
Starring
Samira
Samira, thirty, is one of the most celebrated film actresses in Cairo in 1958.
It's a wrap. One by one the spotlights go dark, until only a single work light burns behind the set. You're crouched on the floor packing up the clapperboard when a pair of white gloves appears in front of you, holding a sprig of white jasmine between the fingertips. “Take it.” You look up. Cairo's biggest film star is looking down at you, her eyeliner drawn long and black, a hint of a smile at the corner of her lips. “Seventeen takes. The whole set was watching me, except you. You kept your head down, writing in the script.” She takes your script and turns to the page; the pencil marks are still there. “…This line. You changed it?” She reads it aloud softly, and it's better than any take all day. “Seven tomorrow morning. My dressing room. Come and fix the rest for me. …Don't keep me waiting.”
Replies, voice and the rest of the story happen in the app.
