After a clash between a group of demonstrators and the security forces, one of the bodies of this clash is returned to the morgue with seven other bodies. The forensic doctor, Yassin Al-Manstarli, writes his medical report after examining the body and states that the victim was shot at close range, unlike the other bodies and the problems begins when this medical report leaks to the media.
Acting
Ahmed Al Fishawy's crumbling resolve is devastating.
Direction
El Shenawy traps you in fluorescent-lit dread.
Writing
Every dialogue choice is a loaded weapon.
Director
Karim El Shenawy
Ahmed Al Fishawy
ياسين المانسترلي
Ruby
الصحفية مها عوني
Mohamed Mamdouh
خالد أبو زيد القفاص
Arefa Abdul Rasoul
سيادات - والدة خالد وعلاء
Asmaa Aboul Yazeed
سلمى
Ahmed Malek
علاء ابوزيد القفاص
Safaa Al Toukhy
محاسن - مدير المشرحة
Hana Shiha
يسرا المانسترلي
Ahmed Kamal
مصطفى المانسترلي - وزير سابق
Mohamed Abd El Azim
كاتب المشرحة
Sami Maghouri
رئيس التحرير
Mohamed Radwan
والد سلمى
Lobna Wanas
والدة سلمي
Waleed El Hindy
محمود فهمي
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released post-2011, it channels Egypt's collective trauma around state violence and silenced investigations.
The morgue's fluorescent sterility was inspired by actual Cairo facilities — production designer Hamed Hemdan refused to beautify.
EG
