A cop kills the wrong kid. His own godfather wants him dead. Cairo, 1987.
Officer Khaled is on the hunt for a gang that deals drugs. When the son of the gang leader is killed during a chase, Khaled doesn't realize that he is the son of the influential Esmat who vows revenge.
Acting
Nour El-Sherif's haunted eyes carry entire scenes.
Direction
Abdel-Khalek turns Cairo into a suffocating trap.
Director
Ali Abdel-Khalek
Nabila Obeid
Berlanti
Nour El-Sherif
General Khaled Abdul Rahman
Kamal Al-Shenawy
Ismat Al-Dahshan
Salah Zulfikar
Major General Shawqi
Magdy Wahba
Murad
Ragaa Al-Giddawy
Camellia / Mervat
Sayed Sadek
Bassiouni
Hussein Arar
The janitor
Ibrahim El Sharqawy
Essam
Safaa Al Sabaa
Rawiya
Ahmed Diab
Lieutenant Colonel Fathi
Abdel Moneim ElNemr
Ahmed Hegazi
Zeinhom - Assistant Al-Dahshan
Kamal ElZeiny
Youssef Al Assal
home doctor
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This film captures Egypt's crumbling public trust in police during the late Mubarak era, years before the revolution.
The 'mud' of the title refers to both the literal climax location and the moral murk every character wades through.
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