Kamal El SheikhCast
Youssef Wahbi Madihah Yusri 
Imad Hamdi 
Hussein Riad Rushdy Abaza Farouk Ali
Credits
Written by: Ali El Zorkani
Plot
A man must find an antidote for a poisoned child before time runs out, in an Egyptian race-against-time thriller.
Sinekatalog’s take
A taut, early Egyptian thriller.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.4 / 10 (416 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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