An aging man's intention to publish his biography has a lot of rich and powerful people worried what he might reveal.
Acting
Sharif's weathered gravitas — every silence weighs a ton.
Writing
Biography as weapon; words more dangerous than bullets.
Direction
Lasheen's paranoid framing — walls seem to listen.

Director
Hany Lasheen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on the real Al-Sukkari affair, a journalist whose corruption exposés shook Sadat's Egypt before his suspicious 1981 death.
Sharif spent 12 years in European exile; this was his deliberate return to Egyptian cinema, choosing political courage over commercial safety.