El gezira (2007)

'El Gezira' is a film about a community of Upper Egypt residents living in El Gezira (the Island). They have their own set of rules, ethics and traditions. But they also plant drugs and buy... See full summary »

Director:

Sherif Arafa

Writer:

Mohamed Diab

Stars:

Mahmoud Abdel-Moghni, Ezzat Abou Aouf, Khaled El Sawy

Cast

Credited cast:
Mahmoud Abdel-Moghni	...	Tarek
Ezzat Abou Aouf	...	Jamal
Khaled El Sawy	...	Roshdy
Ahmed el-Sakka	...	Mansour
Ashraf Meslehi
Hend Sabri	...	Karima
Bassem Samra	...	Hassan
Asser Yassin
Mahmoud Yassine	...	The old 'Kabir'
Hanan Youssef
Abdel Rahman Abou Zahra	...	Fouad
Zeina	...	Fayka

Storyline

'El Gezira' is a film about a community of Upper Egypt residents living in El Gezira (the Island). They have their own set of rules, ethics and traditions. But they also plant drugs and buy arms from Sudan. The officer in charge of the region turns a blind eye to these happenings, and in the beginning, the government takes no heed of the Island. At the start of the film, we witness the death of the old 'Kabir el Gezira' (the island's ruler), leaving the land to his son Mansour. The first half follows Mansour as he takes control of his land and must deal with a band of other drug lords who are greedy to take control of the island. The second half of the film deals with the political conflict. It follows the government's side of things (which finally decides to take action) at the same time as Mansour's side, as the two react to each other's threats and the conflict escalates. 'El Gezira' is a multi-genre picture. It is a thematic film on Egyptian politics, but also a drama, action, and...

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Plot Keywords:

gezira | drugs | egypt | community | politics | 

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Taglines:

The person that made "Palm Island" .. A divided state

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Genres:

Action | Biography | Drama | Thriller

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

Egypt

Language:

Arabic

Release Date:

18 December 2007 (Egypt)

Also Known As:

The Island

Filming Locations:

Egypt

Box Office

Budget:

EGP 600,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Al-Nasr Films, El Massah Video Film, Oscar for Distribution and Movie Theatres

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Egypt's 2009 Academy Awards official submission to Foreign-Language Film category.

User Reviews

Best Egyptian action movie ever made !!

I went to see this movie 3 times, and i gotta tell you; it was breathtaking, the acting, the direction, the script and all the cast was marvelous in this film. I am a huge fan of Sheriff Arafa's works he's my favorite director but i was a little disappointed by his work lately for the last 7 years, u know he made some pointless comedy movies and ended it up with the big disappointment 7ALIM, but now he made it up for his fans with this masterpiece, he truly made us live the movie entirely. Ahmed El Sakka is known as one of the best actors of his generation, but after this performance i can say that he owns them all. I highly recommend this movie to u all, YOU WILL NOT WASTE YOUR TIME.