Mansour El-Hefny’s wealthy family rule an Upper Egyptian island. Some police officers facilite their arms dealing in exchange for information, and corrupt parliament members use their immunity to par-take in their drug trade.
Acting
Mahmoud Yassin's final performance — towering, terrifying, unforgettable.
Direction
Arafa turns Upper Egypt into a pressure cooker of dread.
Cinematography
The island itself becomes a character — isolated, suffocating, inescapable.
Director
Sherif Arafa
Ahmed Al Saqqa
Mansour El Hefny
Mahmoud Yassin
Ali El Hefny
Hend Sabry
Karima
Khaled El Sawy
Roshdy
Mahmoud Abdel Moghny
Tarek
Zeina
Faika
Bassem Samra
Hassan El Hefny
Asser Yassin
Mahmoud Nageh
Nedal Al Shafeay
Fadl El Hefny
Ashraf Meslehi
Hemdan
Abdul Rahman Abu Zahra
Fouad - Tarek's Father
Ezzat Abu Ouf
Gamal - Guest of Appearance
Mohamed Abu ElWafa
Saeed Al Saleh
Fayeq Azab
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on real Upper Egyptian crime families, the film sparked debates about representing 'shameful' regional violence nationally.
Mahmoud Yassin died in 2020; this remains his cinematic farewell — critics called it 'a king abdicating his throne on screen.'
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