Hassan is a college professor and his brother Tarek is a chemist who ends up working at a pickle factory. When tragedy strikes, both brothers consider either leaving the country with their families or marrying their children off to wealthy spouses.
Five stories about loss and what comes after.
Hassan is a college professor and his brother Tarek is a chemist who ends up working at a pickle factory. When tragedy strikes, both brothers consider either leaving the country with their families or marrying their children off to wealthy spouses.
The lives of residents in an old Cairo building, "The Yacoubian Building," are affected by issues like corruption, extremism, class disparity, and sexuality. Through diverse characters, the film offers a critical examination of Egyptian society.
Kidnapped as a child and raised in the circus, a young lion tamer's tough side emerges when he gets entangled in an underworld murder mystery.
Based on the Ayyat train accident that killed 361 in 2002, this ensemble drama delves into the intense human stories of the passengers in a third-class coach car during the hour and a half before the crash.
On Issa's thirty-sixth birthday, after a desperate fight with life that resulted in a crushing defeat, he receives a gift from the last person he expected. A gift that forces him to change every detail of his life. Because he has lost his passion for life and has long been lost to himself, he is forced to follow this new path, undergoing one experience after another, hoping to find what he has lost. As he does so, his current reality battles him; he discovers that he must confront his worst fears. A novel about a different kind of love, about passion, and about the fear that prevents him from feeling alive.
Naiema tries to break away and leave all her troubling circumstances behind, so she takes the train to Alexandria, where she meets a widow with her son. When the woman dies, Naiema is left reeling when she finds herself left with the child and some important documents.
A struggling family is attempting to deal with the consequences of a horrible catastrophe.
Four siblings' lives change drastically when their ailing mother takes a turn for the worse over the holiday season.
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