A cuckolded train driver crashes his marriage AND the train. Two disasters, one ticket.
A train driver kills his wife for cheating on him with his assistant whom he tries to kill as well. They get into a fight and fall from the train, leaving the panicked passengers heading to a disaster.
Direction
Fouad's economical 90-minute descent into panic.
Acting
Nour El-Sherif's unhinged everyman unraveling in real-time.
Practical Effects
Pre-digital train stunts that feel genuinely dangerous.
Director
Ahmad Fouad
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
1980s Egyptian cinema often explored honor killings through genre lenses; this film's train setting literalizes the 'runaway' consequences of patriarchal rage.
The real Cairo-Alexandria train line refused filming permits, forcing the production to shoot on decommissioned rolling stock in a desert rail yard.
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