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A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Keep the feeling.
SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
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Why this pick
Tarik Saleh brings the same Cairo atmosphere of institutional rot and mounting danger, following a compromised investigator through a tightly controlled world of political power.
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Why this pick
Its young outsider is drawn into an unforgiving hierarchy where survival depends on reading shifting loyalties, echoing Boy from Heaven’s tense coming-of-age within corrupt systems.
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Why this pick
A morally charged conspiracy thriller with vivid location work, escalating unease, and an individual gradually confronting the human cost of powerful institutions.
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Why this pick
Its methodical, high-pressure suspense comes from a lone figure caught between conscience and formidable institutions, with the same serious, paranoid political weight.
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Why this pick
Costa-Gavras turns political corruption into urgent, propulsive suspense, balancing procedural detail with the chilling sense that official power is manipulating every outcome.
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01 / THE STORY
Adam, the son of a fisherman, is offered the ultimate privilege to study at the Al-Azhar University in Cairo, the epicenter of power of Sunni Islam. Shortly after his arrival in Cairo the university’s highest ranking religious leader, the Grand Imam, suddenly dies and Adam soon becomes a pawn in a ruthless power struggle between Eqypt's religious and political elite.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
Ibrahim
Adam
Raed
