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White Abbas in the Black Day

2004 · 1 season

A heavy, slow-burning drama of loss and hidden identity that keeps you quietly anxious for a man erased from his own life.

Created by
Youssef Maaty, Samir Khafagi
Genres
Drama
Starring
Yehia El Fakharany, Haitham Mohamed, Magda Zaki
Overview
Abbas the history teacher traveled to Iraq in search of money and left his wife and children. Upon his return after spending years in prison, he discovers that his family thinks him dead. His wife married his best friend, and he's forced to live under another guy's identity, Lotfy Al-Ganainy.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Created by
Youssef Maaty, Samir Khafagi
Genres
Drama
Starring
Yehia El Fakharany, Haitham Mohamed, Magda Zaki
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • family
  • betrayal
  • grief
  • isolation
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance4
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Youssef Maaty, Samir Khafagi
Written by
Samir Khafagi, Youssef Maaty
Starring
Yehia El Fakharany, Haitham Mohamed, Magda Zaki, Rania Farid Shawqi, Ahmed Saeed Abdel-Ghany, Donia Samir Ghanem, Nehal Anbar, Ahmed Azmy
Length
1 seasons, 36 episodes, 45 min each
Country
Egypt
Languages
Arabic

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