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There's Something Wrong

1983 · 1 season

A quiet, socially observant drama that makes you feel the weight of a father's sacrifice and the sting of family pride.

Created by
Mohamed Nabih
Genres
Drama
Starring
Karima Mokhtar, Hassan Abdeen, Tayseir Fahmy
Overview
Set in the 1980s, an employee who has reached the age of retirement gets another job as a taxi driver to provide for his family and ensure better education for his kids. Will his children make peace with the fact that their respectable father is now a cab driver?

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Created by
Mohamed Nabih
Genres
Drama
Starring
Karima Mokhtar, Hassan Abdeen, Tayseir Fahmy
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • class
  • work
  • parenthood
  • identity
Places
  • big city
  • home
  • workplace
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
Action2
Horror0
Humour3
Realism9
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Mohamed Nabih
Written by
Abdel Hai Adib
Starring
Karima Mokhtar, Hassan Abdeen, Tayseir Fahmy, Taheya El Ansari, Mohsen Mohey ElDein, Emad Rashad, Mahmood Al-Meleji, Naima ElSoghier
Cinematography
Samir Sabban
Length
1 seasons, 15 episodes
Country
Egypt

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