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When the Fox Passed By

1999–2000 · 1 season

A light, talky comedy that invites you to enjoy the cleverness of a charming rogue without taking his schemes too seriously.

Created by
Mohamed El-Naggar
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Yehia El Fakharany, Sherine, Ahmed Tawfiq
Overview
A social comedy series that tells the story of a conman, Nadim Bahns, and his partner Makram. Nadim justifies his scams by claiming that he's an artist, who has a skill that not many people possess.

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Created by
Mohamed El-Naggar
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Yehia El Fakharany, Sherine, Ahmed Tawfiq
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How it feels

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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • deception
  • crime
  • identity
  • class
  • ambition
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour7
Realism7
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight3

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Genres
comedy
Created by
Mohamed El-Naggar
Written by
Osama Anwar Okasha
Starring
Yehia El Fakharany, Sherine, Ahmed Tawfiq, Nehal Anbar, Mahmoud Moursy, Zizi Mostafa, Shawqi Shamekh, Abdul Rahman Abu Zahra
Length
1 seasons, 28 episodes, 35 min each
Country
Egypt
Languages
Arabic

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