After the excellent film THE NILE HILTON AFFAIR (2017), Swedish director Tarik SALEH and his fellow actor Fares FARES (as always: fantastic!) return to Cairo.
The era of the Arab Spring is over, the Muslim Brotherhood has been put in their place by the military. In this mixed situation, the audience gets to know a talented fisherman's son (Tawfeek BARHOM), who gets a place at al-Azhar University in Cairo. The head of this renowned university is also the religious leader of Sunni Islam. Then two things happen: the leader dies unexpectedly, and the fisherman's son is recruited as the new "angel" by a secret service man (Fares FARES). A murderous game of intrigue then begins between the President's political camp and the Muslim Brotherhood as to who will now be allowed to fill the vacant position at the top of the university. The fisherman's son sits between all stools, but proves himself and makes his own stubborn decisions...
A strange world, a complicated political-religious situation! Of course, only a few scenes could be filmed in Cairo. The university scenes were filmed at the Süleymaniye Mosque in Istanbul. Tarik SALEH was rightly awarded the Silver Palm at the Cannes Film Festival.
Definitely worth seeing!
The era of the Arab Spring is over, the Muslim Brotherhood has been put in their place by the military. In this mixed situation, the audience gets to know a talented fisherman's son (Tawfeek BARHOM), who gets a place at al-Azhar University in Cairo. The head of this renowned university is also the religious leader of Sunni Islam. Then two things happen: the leader dies unexpectedly, and the fisherman's son is recruited as the new "angel" by a secret service man (Fares FARES). A murderous game of intrigue then begins between the President's political camp and the Muslim Brotherhood as to who will now be allowed to fill the vacant position at the top of the university. The fisherman's son sits between all stools, but proves himself and makes his own stubborn decisions...
A strange world, a complicated political-religious situation! Of course, only a few scenes could be filmed in Cairo. The university scenes were filmed at the Süleymaniye Mosque in Istanbul. Tarik SALEH was rightly awarded the Silver Palm at the Cannes Film Festival.
Definitely worth seeing!