North Africa, 1942: everyone's scheming and nobody trusts the sand.
In a context of action and suspense, the events take place in the 1940s, during World War II in Western Sahara on the eve of the Battle of El Alamein, where a strong conflict takes place between more than one side.
Production
Period detail that makes the desert feel inescapable.
Direction
Yassin Hassan builds dread like he's paying for it.
Director
Yassin Hassan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
El Alamein remains contested memory in Egyptian cinema — this joins a sparse tradition of local WWII thrillers.
Amr Saad reportedly trained with Bedouin trackers for three weeks; most of that footage apparently hit the cutting room floor.
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