A cop's worst bust? His own son. Farid Shawqi breaks your heart in 112 minutes.
Aging Constable Hassan (Farid Shawqi) continues to work hard in the Department of Drug Control while devoting himself to raising his son and daughter. He then discovers that the son became a drugug addict through a junkie dancer, so he intervenes in order to save his son.
Acting
Farid Shawqi's trembling authority in every frame.
Direction
Hussein Omara weaponizes Cairo's neon decay.
Writing
The son's silent shame speaks volumes.
Director
Hussein Omara
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during Egypt's 1990s drug crisis, the film was government-funded prevention propaganda that accidentally became art.
Farid Shawqi insisted on real recovering addicts as extras; the detox scene's screams were unscripted.
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