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Places in the heart

2005–2006 · 1 season

A tense, emotionally charged legal mystery that keeps you guessing as it explores identity and injustice across two countries.

Genres
Drama, Mystery
Tagline
How far would you go to prove your innocence?
Overview
An Egyptian lawyer arrives in the United States and tells the story of his life and his defense of a doctor accused of killing her husband, Eman enters prison in the United States and meets another Egyptian prisoner, Maggie, Maggie dies inside the prison after a plotting prisoner to get rid of Iman and Maggie, Maggie returns to the United States in search of her missing son.

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • justice
  • identity
  • betrayal
  • immigration
  • family
Places
  • big city
  • prison
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour2
Realism7
Romance3
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Genres
drama, mystery
Created by
Bashir El Deek, Nader Galal
Starring
Tayseir Fahmy, Sherine, Hesham Selim, Ibrahim Yousri, Ola Ghanem, Yousri Mostafa, Abd Allah Meshref, Saffwa
Length
1 seasons, 33 episodes, 36 min each
Network
OSN
Country
Egypt
Languages
Arabic

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