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Diamond Dust

2018 · 150 min

A slow, brooding descent into a corrupt city, heavy with grief and quiet menace, demanding patience as it unravels its secrets.

Directed by
Marwan Hamed
Genres
Mystery, Thriller, Drama
Starring
Asser Yassin, Menna Shalabi, Maged El Kedwany
Overview
Taha works as a pharmacist and lives a normal life with his disabled father. When a mysterious murder occurs, Taha's world changes forever. He starts tracking down many secrets that leads him to unlocks a whole melancholic world of crime!

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Directed by
Marwan Hamed
Genres
Mystery, Thriller, Drama
Starring
Asser Yassin, Menna Shalabi, Maged El Kedwany
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • corruption
  • justice
  • obsession
  • family
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror2
Humour1
Realism8
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
mystery, thriller, drama
Directed by
Marwan Hamed
Written by
Ahmed Mourad
Starring
Asser Yassin, Menna Shalabi, Maged El Kedwany, Mohamed Mamdouh, Ahmed Kamal, Eyad Nassar, Ezzat Al Alaily, Adel Karam
Music
Hesham Nazih
Cinematography
Hasan Amin
Runtime
150 min
Country
Egypt
Languages
Arabic

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