A museum curator marries into corruption and can't escape—even with a second wife.
A social drama that revolves around a museum employee (Salah Zulfiqar) who ends his career by marrying a businesswoman (Laila Taher), who tries to control him and involve him in many of her deals, selling antiquities and smuggled art pieces, so he tries to escape from her and her life by marrying. From (Wafa Makki), when he discovers the involvement of his daughter Karima (Sahar Rami) in the matter, he tries to save her.
Acting
Salah Zulfikar's slow-burn desperation as trapped intellectual.
Production
Cairo's elite corruption rendered in velvet and marble.
Director
Kariem Diaa Aldeen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Egypt's economic liberalization, the film critiques nouveau riche corruption through antiquities trafficking—a metaphor for selling national heritage.
Salah Zulfikar, one of Egyptian cinema's 'kings,' took this role late career as deliberate departure from his romantic hero image.
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