A family crashes into ruin — and nobody's wearing a seatbelt for this guilt trip.
A family has a traumatic accident that causes it to engage in a major conflict between its members, due to their involvement in a crime.
Acting
Bassem Samra's unraveling patriarch — raw, ugly, magnetic.
Direction
Karim Ismail squeezes Greek tragedy into a claustrophobic living room.
Director
Karim Ismail
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ismail's micro-budget approach reflects a wave of 2010s Egyptian indie cinema tackling class anxiety outside state-controlled studio systems. The cramped apartment setting mirrors Cairo's literal and social claustrophobia.
The 3.0 TMDB rating likely reflects Western audiences bouncing off its melodramatic register — this is soap opera elevated to fever pitch, not subtle realism.
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