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El Hawa Sultan

2024 · 120 min

A gentle, talky romance about lifelong friendship shifting into something more, carried by warm performances and everyday family drama.

Directed by
Heba Yousry
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Menna Shalabi, Ahmed Dawood, Ahmed Khalid Saleh
Tagline
Do you think with your mind or your heart.. What is the problem if you think with both..!
Overview
Sara and Ali have been close friends since childhood, and together, they face many different situations and problems with their friends and families, but some changes suddenly occur in their relationship.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Heba Yousry
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Menna Shalabi, Ahmed Dawood, Ahmed Khalid Saleh
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • friendship
  • family
  • identity
  • coming-of-age
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
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
Humour4
Realism8
Romance7
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Heba Yousry
Written by
Heba Yousry
Starring
Menna Shalabi, Ahmed Dawood, Ahmed Khalid Saleh, Sawsan Badr, Gihan El Shamashergy, Nourine Abouseada, Fadwa Abed, Emad Rashad
Cinematography
Nancy Abdel-Fattah
Runtime
120 min
Country
Egypt
Languages
Arabic

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