The Wedge

A slow-burning family drama where a domineering matriarch's control over her children's lives creates quiet, simmering tensions.

Created by

Ahmed El Nahas

Starring

Huda Sultan, Yousuf Shaaban, Hala Fakher

Overview

The series revolves around the family of Fatima Ta'alba (Huda Sultan) and her children. Her eldest son is Hajj Darwish (Youssef Shaaban). The idea of ​​the series revolves around the framework of an Egyptian family, the mother, Fatima Talaba, who raises her children in her own style, and her main goal is to form a large, interconnected and undisjointed family, and to secure the family's future by buying agricultural lands for them to become property owners. Hajj Darwish is the head of the family and is married to Maryam (Fadia Abdel-Ghani), his cousin. Fatima Talabeh controls all the family’s decisions to the extent that she chooses the wives of her children without taking their opinion and marries them. The mother controls the wives of her children and the entire house, including those in it.

How it feels

Tense, melancholic, warm and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Family, power, parenthood, identity

Content

Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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