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Forbidden Photos: First Story (Forbidden)

1972 · 35 min

A quiet, socially minded drama about envy and humiliation, watching a man's small mistake snowball into a family's disgrace.

Directed by
Mohamed Abdelaziz
Genres
Drama
Starring
Nour El-Sherif, Tawfiq Al-Deqen, Magda El Khatib
Overview
A poor man starts working in a casino and gets bedazzled by the rich people he sees. As he takes his family to show them the casino after hours, they get arrested for breaking into the casino.

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Directed by
Mohamed Abdelaziz
Genres
Drama
Starring
Nour El-Sherif, Tawfiq Al-Deqen, Magda El Khatib
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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
    • crime
    Places
    • big city
    • workplace
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror0
    Humour2
    Realism7
    Romance1
    Tension4
    Darkness5
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight5

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Mohamed Abdelaziz
    Written by
    Raafat El Mehi
    Starring
    Nour El-Sherif, Tawfiq Al-Deqen, Magda El Khatib, Zizi Mostafa
    Cinematography
    Mamdouh Hilal
    Runtime
    35 min
    Country
    Egypt

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