A vegetable market nobody becomes Cairo's most ruthless crime boss — and you ROOT for him.
Haridy arrives at the vegetable market in search of a job opportunity, he works for Master Abu Zaid and after a while he separates and marries Hossnyia. Haridy forms an alliance against Abu Zaid, but he soon becomes more powerful and his condition turns to worse.
Acting
Farid Shawqy's physical transformation from nobody to nightmare.
Direction
Abu Seif's documentary-style Cairo streets feel alive and suffocating.
Cinematography
Shadowy b&w frames that would make American noir jealous.
Director
Salah Abu Seif
Farid Shawqy
هريدي عمران
Tahiya Cariocca
حسنية
Zaki Rostom
المعلم أبو زيد
Tawfiq Al-Deqen
عبدالشكور
Fakher Fakher
تاجر خضار
Mahmoud Al-Sabaa
مخبول من ضحايا أبو زيد
Hassan El Baroudy
تاجر من اتباع ابوزيد
Mohamed Reda
المعلم عباس
Huda Sultan
ضيفة شرف/مشهد واحد
Mahmoud El Meligy
ضيف شرف/ مشهد واحد
Mimi Chakib
ثريا هانم
Badr Nofal
عسكري الدورية
Naima Wasfi
زوجة الغزولي
Abdel Moneim Basyouni
سكرتير الباشا
Kamal Yasseen
ضابط شرطة السوق
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Abu Seif's 'social realism' trilogy that defined Egyptian cinema's golden age and influenced the Arab world's entire crime genre.
The vegetable market isn't just setting — it's metaphor for Egypt's emerging capitalist chaos, Haridy's rise mirroring the nation's own moral compromises under Nasser.
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