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Demaa Ala Al Esfelt (1992)

Demaa Ala Al Esfelt poster
Original title
دماء على الأسفلت
Directed by
Atef El Tayeb
Genre
drama film, thriller film, suspense film
Country
Egypt
Runtime
1h 49m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An Egyptian family falls apart due to moral decay and loss. Their son Sanaa returns and investigates what happened with help from his cousin Siham, rekindling their past romance.

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What happens

Blood on the Asphalt (دماء على الأسفلت), is a 1992 Egyptian drama film, directed by Atef Al-Tayeb, written by Osama Anwar Okasha, also produced by Saga Film, and starring Noor Al-Sharif, Iman Al-Toukhi, Hassan Hosni, Hanan Shawky, and Tariq Lotfi. The film highlights the life of an average Egyptian family, whose members fall into moral decay and loss, until Sanaa returns to try to investigate the reasons behind his family’s downfall, with the help of his cousin Siham, with whom he shares a past love story. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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