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Cairo Conspiracy

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★★★★ A stirring spy thriller...superbly realised" - The Guardian

WINNER - Best Screenplay, Cannes Film Festival 2022

Shortlisted for Best International Feature, Oscars 2023

The gripping and critically acclaimed new thriller from Tarik Saleh (The Nile Hilton Incident, The Contractor), follows Adam, a young man who is offered the ultimate privilege to study at the Al-Azhar University in Cairo. Shortly after his arrival in the city, the university’s highest ranking religious leader, the Grand Imam, suddenly dies and Adam becomes a pawn in a ruthless power struggle between Eqypt’s religious and political elite. As he struggles to balance a range of competing interests who favour different leaders, he soon finds that he must fight for his very survival as the succession intensifies.

Rating Information:

moderate violence, threat, bloody images, sex references

Run time:

121 mins

Year of release:

2023

Company:

Picturehouse

Director:

Tarik Saleh

Cast:

Tawfeek Barhom, Fares Fares

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