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Boy from Heaven

Original title: Walad min al-Janna / Cairo Conspiracy
2022 · 2 h 6 min
Directed by Tarik Saleh
DramaThriller

Cast

Tawfeek Barhom Fares Fares Mohammad Bakri Makram Khoury Mehdi Dehbi Moe Ayoub

Credits

Written by: Tarik Saleh

Plot

A poor fisherman's son wins a place at Cairo's Al-Azhar University and gets caught up in a power struggle between the state and religious leaders, in a tense thriller.

Sinekatalog’s take

A tense, intelligent and beautifully made thriller.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 6.9 / 10 (9,887 votes)
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