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Ibn Halal

2014 · 1 season

A earnest, grounded struggle of a poor young man in the city, weighed down by hardship and hard choices.

Created by
Ibrahim Fakhr
Genres
Drama
Starring
Mohamed Ramadan, Hala Fakher, Wafaa Amer
Overview
A young man (Mohammed Ramadan) travels from Qena to Cairo for work, but the only job he can find is as a painter. He is constantly running into trouble, as he deals both with his extreme poverty and his desire to live a decent life for his mother. His world gets turned upside down when he finds himself way in over his head, and it becomes clear that he must find a way out before it is too late.

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Created by
Ibrahim Fakhr
Genres
Drama
Starring
Mohamed Ramadan, Hala Fakher, Wafaa Amer
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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • class
    • family
    • survival
    • morality
    • ambition
    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
    Action2
    Horror0
    Humour2
    Realism8
    Romance2
    Tension5
    Darkness5
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight6

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Created by
    Ibrahim Fakhr
    Written by
    Hassan Dahshan
    Starring
    Mohamed Ramadan, Hala Fakher, Wafaa Amer, Sara Salama, Mohamed Abu ElWafa, Hamza Elely, Mourad Fekri Sadek, Mirhan Hussein
    Length
    1 seasons, 30 episodes, 45 min each
    Country
    Egypt
    Languages
    Arabic

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