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The Escape

2012–2013 · 1 season

A tense, earnest chase for justice that keeps you invested in one man's fight against a corrupt system.

Created by
Belal Fadl
Starring
Karim Abdel Aziz, Eman El Assi, Rania Mahmoud Yasseen
Overview
Mahmoud is a young engineer who misses on a job at his university due to corruption. As he stands up to a businessman, the latter frames him for murder and Mahmoud is forced to flee in an attempt to prove his innocence. But another tragedy awaits him when his brother gets killed.

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Created by
Belal Fadl
Starring
Karim Abdel Aziz, Eman El Assi, Rania Mahmoud Yasseen
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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • justice
  • corruption
  • revenge
  • grief
  • family
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror1
Humour2
Realism7
Romance3
Tension7
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Created by
Belal Fadl
Written by
Belal Fadl
Starring
Karim Abdel Aziz, Eman El Assi, Rania Mahmoud Yasseen, Dalal Abdelaziz, Ahmad Wafiq, Abdelaziz Makhyoun, Mariam Hassan, Karim Kassem
Cinematography
Ehab Mohamed Ali
Length
1 seasons, 30 episodes, 44 min each
Languages
Arabic

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