Directed by:
Tarik SalehScreenplay:
Tarik SalehCinematography:
Pierre AïmCast:
Tawfeek Barhom, Fares Fares, Mehdi Dehbi, Mohammad Bakri, Makram Khoury, Sherwan Haji, Yunus Albayrak, Hassan el SayedVOD (1)
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The gripping and critically acclaimed new thriller from Tarik Saleh, follows Adam, a young man who is offered the ultimate privilege: to study at the Al-Azhar University in Cairo. Shortly after his arrival in the city, the university’s highest-ranking religious leader, the Grand Imam, suddenly dies and Adam becomes a pawn in a ruthless power struggle between Egypt’s religious and political elite. As he struggles to balance a range of competing interests that favour different leaders, he soon finds that he must fight for his very survival as the succession intensifies. (Picturehouse Entertainment)
(more)Cast
Tawfeek Barhom
Best movies:
Worlds Apart (2015)
Dancing Arabs (2014)
Boy from Heaven (2022)
Fares Fares
Lebanon
Best movies:
Chernobyl (2019) (series)
Before the Storm (2000)
The Purity of Vengeance (2018)
Mehdi Dehbi
Belgium
Best movies:
The Other Son (2012)
Boy from Heaven (2022)
A Most Wanted Man (2014)
Mohammad Bakri
Israel
Best movies:
The Night Of (2016) (series)
Wajib (2017)
Private (2004)
Makram Khoury
Best movies:
The Master and Margarita (2023)
Munich (2005)
Lemon Tree (2008)
Sherwan Haji
Best movies:
Fallen Leaves (2023)
The Other Side of Hope (2017)
Boy from Heaven (2022)
Yunus Albayrak
Best movies:
Magnificent Century: Kosem (2015) (series)
Boy from Heaven (2022)
Hassan el Sayed
Best movies:
Go in Peace Jamil (2008)
Boy from Heaven (2022)
The Charmer (2017)