A man loves his horse more than life itself. The neighborhood has his back. Chaos ensues.
A poor young man works in horse breeding and lives in Darb Al-Jadaan neighborhood. He breeds a rare purebred Arabian horse that many rich people compete to buy, and offer him huge sums of money, but he refuses because of his strong attachment to it and his love for it. One of the gangs learns about this horse and plans to steal it, and they succeed in doing so. The young man engages in fierce battles with the gang with the help of his neighbors in Darb Al-Jadaan in an attempt to get the horse back.
Practical Effects
Real horses, real Cairo streets, real stakes.
Acting
Yousuf Shaaban carries desperate devotion perfectly.
Director
Ahmed Tharwat
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Darb El Jadaan was a real working-class Cairo neighborhood, making this a rare cinematic snapshot of 90s urban Egyptian life before mass redevelopment erased these communities.
Ahmed Tharwat directed this after years as an assistant director, and the film's horse stunts were handled by actual Egyptian mounted police trainers—no CGI, all terrified actors on real animals.
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