2016 · drama · political
Eshtebak
Directed by Mohamed Diab1h 35m2016
In 2013, in Cairo, a tragic fate brings together several detainees from different political and social backgrounds inside a police truck, during the turmoil that followed the ousting of president Morsi.
Our read: Eshtebak (2016) reads as a heavy, breathless, grounded drama · political entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, breathless, extreme drama / political, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
- heavy
- kinetic
- extreme
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