2022 · thriller · drama · egyptian
Cairo Conspiracy
Directed by Tarik Saleh2h 1m2022
A fisherman's son 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, the university’s highest ranking religious leader, the Grand Imam, dies and the young student becomes a pawn in a ruthless power struggle between Egypt's religious and political elite.
Our read: Cairo Conspiracy (2022) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded thriller · drama · egyptian entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, extreme thriller / drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
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- intense
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