Under the Fig Trees 2022
Among the trees, young women and men working the summer harvest develop new feelings, flirt, try to understand each other, find – and flee – deeper connections.
Among the trees, young women and men working the summer harvest develop new feelings, flirt, try to understand each other, find – and flee – deeper connections.
Adam is allergic to love, but somehow ends up engaged to both his boss's daughter and his first love. Now he must try to keep his double life a secret.
Years have passed since the brothers have separated in their different ways of life. But one day, a ghost from the past returns to cast a shadow over the sons of Rizk, forcing them to return to a life of crime and theft once again in order to save themselves, in a fateful operation that is the largest, most dangerous, and most important in the history of the sons of Rizk.
Film describes the miserable existence of a charcoal-burner who is barely able to feed his family. His search for work in town ends in failure and he is forced to return to his village.
The first Sultan of Egypt and Syria leads the Muslim military campaign against the invading Christians from Europe during the Third Crusade.
In what could be considered a follow up to Al Qasimi’s 2020 work Mother of Fire, she once again invokes the figure of the jinn (spirits in Islamic mythology) to explore the ghosts of British imperialism in the UAE. As its spectre lingers on the horizon, two teenage girls seek to liberate a pirate damned to spend purgatory on a site now being developed into a hotel. Originally commissioned for Sharjah Biennial 15: Thinking Historically in the Present, Al Qasimi entangles historical narratives with contemporary notions of piracy. In examining how it has been historically and culturally represented, new perspectives of old mythographies come into focus. (Myriam Mouflih)
Dr. Raafat faces challenges and difficulties in raising his three daughters, Fawzia (Sanaa Younis), Soso (Shreihan) and Nadia (Ijlal Zaki).
Two cousins, both from a middle-class background, finally see their dream come true when their inheritance is rightfully returned to them following their uncle’s death. Soon after, and to their shock, they discover that the inheritance is in the form of illegal goods. To liquidate these goods, they create an elaborate mobile game to sell them through it. They call this game… “Siko Siko”. The cousins enjoy a brief moment of spectacular success before a mob boss appears in their lives, claiming to be the real owner of the goods!
In this dystopian thriller, with civilization a thing of the past, a man puts his family in peril when he reluctantly lets outsiders into his compound.
The kidnapping of a little girl creates tension and suspicion in Algiers. Only Dounia, a brilliant psychiatrist, and Sami, a police inspector, can unearth the demons of the past.
Trump’s declarations concerning Israel and a Palestinian immigrant’s uncle’s medical diagnosis conspire to throw the latter into crisis, push him into provocative encounters, and jeopardize his relationship.
Yassin (Hisham Magdy) and Sara (Hana El Zahid) meet and find themselves in romantic, comedic situations. Omnia (Mai Omar) and Tarek (Ahmed Saadany), the most famous couple on social media, share with us their real story. Amal (Asmaa Galal) and Mohamed (Mohamed Sharnoubi) discover the betrayal of the love of his life. Yasra (Huda El Mufti) embarks on a crazy adventure against her fiancé (Mohamed Salam). What will these hours do in the lives of our heroes?
Kareem, a divorced young man, seeks the help of his girl friends from college to get back to his wife, Gigi. However, most of them like him, which makes the situation even more complicated as he tries to win Gigi back.
In a high school plagued by five unruly students who have failed to graduate for over a decade, the principal hires a new teacher in a last-ditch effort to restore order. Effat, the newly appointed instructor, takes on the challenge with hopes of reforming the troublemakers into model students.
Hammaam lives with his big family in a crowded Egyptian alley. As he is jobless, he loses his girl to a rich suitor. He then decides to leave for Amsterdam where his uncle has immigrated long ago. As soon as he arrives he loses his money and passport and gets assaulted in an inn. Adriano the young Egyptian emigrant saves his neck and helps him find his uncle who dumps him. Hence, Hammaam stays with a group of young Arabs. After his tiring journey between failure and success he falls in love with a young lady who helps him fulfill his dream of buying a certain famous restaurant. As his business flourishes, he returns home to visit his family proud of his success.
A teenager unwittingly reveals a terrible family secret to her new neighbors.
After learning to protect a truce among a community of animals, three young goats embark on an adventurous journey to keep a ceasefire intact throughout their society.
When ISIS took their homes, families and city, one group of men fought to take it all back. Based on true events, this is the story of the Nineveh SWAT team, a renegade police unit who waged a guerrilla operation against ISIS in a desperate struggle to save their home city of Mosul.
The Square looks at the hard realities faced day-to-day by people working to build Egypt’s new democracy. Cairo’s Tahrir Square is the heart and soul of the film, which follows several young activists. Armed with values, determination, music, humor, an abundance of social media, and sheer obstinacy, they know that the thorny path to democracy only began with Hosni Mubarak’s fall. The life-and-death struggle between the people and the power of the state is still playing out.
Fueled by anger after getting fired from his bank job, a lazy banker (Mohamed Saleh) joins forces with his co-worker (Amr) and their weird friend (Ze'ro) by turning to robbery in order to fulfill their dreams. But, when they turn their master scheme to rob the bank into action, things take an unexpected turn. Little did they know that a plan is only as clever as the brains behind it.
It tells the historical events that took place in the last years of the reign of reformed reformer Ahmad Bey I (ruled between 1837 and 1855), including reforms and reforms of Khairuddin Pasha in Tunisia and the political, financial, economic and social crises experienced by the Tunisian country.
Hammouda, a simple man, moves with his family into an upscale neighborhood after a relative offered him his apartment while abroad. Hilarity ensues as they interact with their new neighbors.
A rich and fancy woman, heiress of the family business, is targeted by her uncle who's willing to do anything to seize her fortune.
Karim decides to spend his first vacation with his new, younger wife. He invites his wife's two sisters, Hadiya and Hanaa, to a house on the beach in the Al-Watan Al-Qabli region. Several comical situations occur as he tries to coexist with his esteemed guests, the watchful eyes of the landlord and his wife, and the constant disturbance from the neighborhood grocer.
The events take place before and a day after “New Year’s Eve” in a hotel in the north-west of Tunisia, which the director recalls from his memory from an incident he lived when he was young.
The stories of Tunisian citizens from different social classes as they navigate life and hardships under the french colonization.
When an unfulfilled Tunisian musician loses his job playing with a band at a fancy restaurant, he has no idea that he will end up achieving his dreams by mentoring kids at a juvie. A story of loneliness and injustice that transforms into one of hope, fulfilment and recognition.
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The events revolve around a family consisting of 5 brothers (3 boys and two girls) and their old mother is bedridden. Each of them has his own problems and the older brother and older sister take care of the younger siblings and try to keep them away from everything that could harm them despite of their stubbornness.
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A comedy that depicts the situation in Tunisia 3000 years ago when King Satour was in charge. As his son Burghul assumes power when his father is severely ill, Khufash manages to put Burghul in prison to seize power, but Burghul and his friend plan to escape and get revenge.
In a comedic setting, the series takes place in a sarcastic manner inside a restaurant, where Laila and her husband run a restaurant in Dubai, and a social media influencer suddenly enters their lives and tries to introduce healthy food to the restaurant, and the work is exposed to family relationships.
The security team works to search for the criminals and arrest them after collecting sufficient information, but in a comedic and funny way, especially in the repeated clash in the thoughts and actions of the operations commander, Rashid, with one of the squad members, Ammar.
Salma suffers from her disobedient son and her brother who restricts her freedom because she is without a husband. Her lover proposes to marry her, but she does not agree for the sake of her son. She is exposed to several problems that end with her going insane and drowning in the sea.
The events take place within a dramatic framework, as the series addresses the most prominent negative phenomena that have swept Tunisian society in recent years, which have particularly affected the youth group.
It takes place in the presidential palace and revolves around the president, his family and members of the government in sarcastic situations that reveal the political behind-the-scenes of the fictional great "Al-Baramakli" state.
The events revolve around Ali Bin Al-Bashir Al-Saghir, better known as Ali Chwereb, and shed light on that historical, political, and social stage in Tunisia.
The series tackles the issues of marital infidelity and class difference, through the story of a man who discovers that his son, Bayrum, is not biologically his.