A friendship dies slow while envy watches — 80s Egyptian cinema at its most vicious.
Omar and Mokhles are childhood friends, but as of late, a growing sense of Omar's superiority over him drives Mokhles jealous as he tries to ruin both Omar's business and his relationship with Dina.
Acting
Yehia El Fakharany simmers with wounded pride in every frame.
Direction
El-Tayeb lets silence do the screaming. Devastating restraint.
Director
Atef El-Tayeb
Yehia El Fakharany
Mokhles - مخلص
Nour El-Sherif
Omar - عمر
Noura
Dina - دينا
Souad Nasr
Ismat - عصمت
Ahmad Bedir
Sayed - سيد
Abdel Raheem El Zorkani
حيدر خال دينا
Nawal Fahmy
عالية والدة دينا
Saif Allah Mokhtar
حارس الشاليه
Wafiq Fahmy
فوزي مدير المؤسسة
Zizi Mostafa
راقصة
Mohamed Abu Hashish
الحاج عثمان
Hassan Al-Anwar
موظف البنك
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
El-Tayeb was part of Egypt's 'Neo-Realist' wave, using thriller frameworks to dissect class tensions under Sadat's infitah economic opening.
El Fakharany and El-Sherif were real-life friends; their casting added uncomfortable authenticity to the mutual destruction.
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