Summary
Mansour El-Hefny’s wealthy family rule an Upper Egyptian island. Some police officers facilite their arms dealing in exchange for information, and corrupt parliament members use their immunity to par-take in their drug trade.
Good for
- Friends night
- Thought-provoking
- Adults
Skip it if
- Graphic violence bothers you
Where to watch
Not streaming in United States. Where it is:
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 78GoodWatch 75
IMDb7.8
Running time
2 h 23 min
Longer than most action movies, +35 min on the typical 108
typical 108143Half of all action movies run 96–127 min.
Reach
Streams in 17 countries
+7Released
2007
December 18, 2007
19 years ago
Genres
ActionDramaLanguage
Arabic
Original language
Made in
- Egypt
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceIntense
- Gore, disturbing imagesMild
- Frightening scenesMild
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesStrong
- Drug useNamed in the advisories
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightSolo WatchThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 10 more13 people
- Ahmed Al SaqqaMansour El Hefny
- Mahmood YaseenAli El Hefny
- Hend SabryKarima
- Khaled El SawyRoshdy
- Mahmoud Abdel MoghnyTarek
- ZeinaFaika
- Bassem SamraHassan El Hefny
- Asser YassinMahmoud Nageh
Nedal Al ShafeayFadl El Hefny
Ashraf MeslehiHemdan
Abdul Rahman Abu ZahraFouad - Tarek's Father
Ezzat Abu OufGamal - Guest of Appearance
Göktuğ Aras KorkmazMark
Directing · 5
- Sherif Arafa Director, Story
- Ahmad Alaa Aldeeb Co-Director
- Mariam Abou Ouf Assistant Director
- Khaled Al-Halafawi Assistant Director
- Omar Roushdy Hamed Assistant Director
Writing · 1
- Mohamed Diab Writer
Production · 5
- Essam Saber Executive Producer
- Mohamed Hassan Ramzy Producer
- Mohamed Adel Co-Producer
- Azzam Al Baron Production Director
- Islam Hamza Production Director
Camera · 1
- Ayman Abu El Makarem Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Dalia Al-Nasser Editor
Sound · 1
- Omar Khairat Original Music Composer
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Nahed Nasrallah Costume Design
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