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Downtown

2022 · 1 season

A warm, bustling slice of neighbourhood life where family squabbles and romances unfold at a gentle, everyday pace.

Created by
Ziad El Weshahy, Ahmed Shafiq
Genres
Drama, Soap
Starring
Gamal Abdel Nasser, Farah, Samah Alsaeed
Overview
Set in the heart of a bustling Egyptian neighbourhood, Downtown follows the intertwined lives of middle and working-class families navigating love, loss, rivalry and daily struggle. When a father dies and his eldest son discovers he has been cut from the will, long-buried tensions erupt between siblings. A sprawling soap opera that captures the texture of everyday Egyptian life with warmth, conflict and a large ensemble cast.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Created by
Ziad El Weshahy, Ahmed Shafiq
Genres
Drama, Soap
Starring
Gamal Abdel Nasser, Farah, Samah Alsaeed
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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 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
  • family
  • grief
  • class
  • love
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
  • 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
Humour3
Realism7
Romance5
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, soap
Created by
Ziad El Weshahy, Ahmed Shafiq, Mohamed Osama
Written by
Sherif Yousry, Shady Asaad, Amin Gamal
Starring
Gamal Abdel Nasser, Farah, Samah Alsaeed, Nasser Seif, Samira Abdulaziz, Ahmed Keshk, Essam Elsakka, Mohamed Radwan
Cinematography
Ayman Abu El Makarem
Length
1 seasons, 222 episodes, 35 min each
Network
MBC Shahid, MBC MASR
Country
United States of America
Languages
Arabic

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