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Your dad's dead gift? A cocaine empire. Family game night just got lethal.
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The Shame (1982)

Arabic noirmoral rotdynastic meltdown

Overview

DramaThriller

A family inherits their father's drug business which leads to their undoing.

Flag of EGEGArabic
Content warning
corruption of bloodcolonial traumamasculine failureinheritance as curse

Standout Aspects

Acting

Nour El-Sherif's slow-burn descent from golden boy to wreck

Direction

Ali Abdel-Khalek frames Cairo's elite as their own prison

Writing

Dialogue that stings—family dinners cut like switchblades

Best for:Solo: Late night when you want to feel morally superior to fictional people·Streaming: Egyptian cinema deep dive with subtitles and snacks·Rewatch: Spotting which brother cracks first on second viewing
Heads up:Drug Use: Cocaine trafficking depicted frankly; addiction consequences shown·Violence: Suicide scene, off-screen but emotionally devastating
Ali Abdel-Khalek

Director

Ali Abdel-Khalek

ReleasedOct 11, 1982
Runtime2h 3m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacesteady
Intensityhigh
Tonedark
Feelheavy

Top Cast

Nour El-Sherif

Nour El-Sherif

كمال

Mahmoud Abdel Aziz

Mahmoud Abdel Aziz

د. عادل

Hussein Fahmy

Hussein Fahmy

شكري - رئيس النيابة

Noura

Noura

روقة

Amina Rizk

Amina Rizk

أصيلة أم الأولاد

Elham Shahein

Elham Shahein

ليلى

Abdelbadie El Araby

Abdelbadie El Araby

الحاج عبدالتواب

Salah Nazmi

Salah Nazmi

فؤاد بك - التاجر الكبير

Mohamed Abu Hashish

Mohamed Abu Hashish

تاجر مخدرات بالنيابة

Tariq Al Dussoki

Tariq Al Dussoki

مجدي

Motawie Eweiss

Motawie Eweiss

تاجر مخدرات بالنيابة

Mohey ElDein Abdel Mohsen

Mohey ElDein Abdel Mohsen

المعلم هوبري

Badria Abdel Gawad

Badria Abdel Gawad

هتوف - خادمة رؤي

Hafez Amin

Hafez Amin

بنداقي

Neemaat Abdel Nasser

Neemaat Abdel Nasser

زبونة محل العطارة

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Cultural

Made during Sadat's Open Door policy, the film critiques Egypt's new money class while the censors blinked.

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