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Baba Almgal

2023 · 1 season

A slow-burning family drama where long-buried secrets create quiet tension and emotional weight, grounded in everyday struggles.

Created by
Ahmed Khaled Mousa
Genres
Drama
Starring
Mostafa Shaaban, Sawsan Badr, Nesreen Amin
Overview
Zain; a mechanic struggles to live an honest life with his mother, his fiancée and her siblings. His mother hides the fact that his father is still alive, but the secret she has kept for so long threatens Zain's life and turns it upside down.

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Created by
Ahmed Khaled Mousa
Genres
Drama
Starring
Mostafa Shaaban, Sawsan Badr, Nesreen Amin
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 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
  • deception
  • survival
  • identity
  • betrayal
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
Action3
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Ahmed Khaled Mousa
Written by
Mohamed Al Shawaf
Starring
Mostafa Shaaban, Sawsan Badr, Nesreen Amin, Ryad El Kholy, Bassem Samra, Jumana Murad, Mohamed Nagaty, Arefa Abdul Rasoul
Cinematography
Mahmoud Shaheen
Length
1 seasons, 30 episodes, 45 min each
Country
Egypt
Languages
Arabic

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