CAIRO CONSPIRACY
| 2023 – 126′ – Drama, Thriller.
A Sweden-France-Finland Co-production.
Written by: Tarik Saleh.
Directed by: Tarik Saleh.
Starring: Tawfeek Barhom, Fares Fares, Mohammad Bakri, Makram Khoury, Mehdi Dehbi, Moe Ayoub, Sherwan Haji, Ramzi Choukair.
Official Selections: Cannes International Film Festival 2022. Nomination César Award 2023 for Best Foreign Film. Swedish Entry for Best International Picture Academy Awards 2023.
In Arabic with English subtitles.
A Samuel Goldwyn Films release. |
Adam, the son of a fisherman, is offered the ultimate privilege to study at the Al-Azhar University in Cairo, the epicenter of power of Sunni Islam. Shortly after his arrival in Cairo, the university’s highest ranking religious leader, the Grand Imam, suddenly dies and Adam soon becomes a pawn in a ruthless power struggle between Egypt’s religious and political elite.