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      The Blue Elephant

      2014 2h 50m Horror Mystery & Thriller Drama List
      Reviews 79% Audience Score 50+ Ratings While trying to help an inmate at the mental hospital, a psychotherapist unravels mysteries he never thought existed. Read More Read Less

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      Mahmoud Mahdy FilmGamed The Blue Elephant is a cinematic achievement that should've paved the way for more courage and further adventures by Egyptian filmmakers. Rated: 8/10 Mar 31, 2016 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member Interesting storytelling that gathers old college mate psychopath and his sister who was a lover of her brother's psychiatrist. A new road of film making that opens many doors to Egyptian film makers. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Audience Member it is one of the best egyptian movies it has a plot twist Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Audience Member Dr. Yehia an alcoholic psychotherapist who's tragic past has kept him in a 5 years hiatus from work is called back to Al Abbasia's psychiatric hospital for criminally insane. There he finds his former colleague and best friend locked up there for the murder of his wife. Yehia's comeback forces him to overcome his chaotic life only to find himself drawn to his best friend's illness that makes him question his own sanity. Khaled el Sawyy's excellent performance once again blows it away. The cinematography was jaw-dropping as well as the score, pure Egyptian originality that is worth applaud. The highly acclaimed novel 'The Blue Elephant' adaption to the Egyptian theaters thrives not only to fulfill its readers expectations but also opens the long-closed door to the fantasia genre in the Egyptian cinema. With a hole new level of film production and CGI, the film might open a chance to reach like Bollywood and Hollywood, the film industry Egypt has been longing to reach. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Audience Member Lame story with even lamer ending than the unreasonable novel ending, the directing suffers incredible reduculas over use of slow motion style...boring long close up scenes and ripping off scenes from famous forign movies not to mention even from Harry Potter.. Only the acting was amazing though also soundtrack and the camera man Directing and Story Sucks Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Only for the marvelous music by Hesham Nazih, the nice cinematography, the outstanding performance of Khaled Elsawy... OTher than these three factors the movie's pace was too slow that you could have finished the 500 pages novel while still at the first half of the movie! it was torture, and i was expecting a lot more than what i watched if at least they followed the novel's intriguing pace! Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member bad movie very overrated Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Movie Info

      Synopsis While trying to help an inmate at the mental hospital, a psychotherapist unravels mysteries he never thought existed.
      Director
      Marwan Hamed
      Producer
      Kamel Abo-Ali, Sherif El Moallem, Marwan Hamed
      Screenwriter
      Ahmed Mourad
      Production Co
      Al Shorouk for Media Productions, Lighthouse Films, Albatross Production Company
      Genre
      Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
      Original Language
      Arabic
      Runtime
      2h 50m