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Closed Doors

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Mohammed (Ahmed Azmi), distressed by his parents' divorce, is having problems in school. His mother, Fatma (Sawsan Badr), labors as a maid and puts in extra hours so she can afford a tutor for her son. But when Mohammed's teacher Mansour (Mahmoud Hemeida) begins dating Fatma, it makes him feel jealous and full of bizarre, incestuous desires. To cope with his confusion, Mohammed turns to a fundamentalist Islamic sect, where he finds friends who convince him he must control his mother's life.

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Audience Member Ø­ÙÙØ (C) Ù...ÙÙ Ùا أستاذ عاطÙ?.. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member It's a very dark movie about a torn apart teeanged guy. Torn between his Odepous love for his mother who raised him alone, the seduction of his mom's friend, and some misleading religous group taking him in the wrong direction which all lead him to commiting the worst of crimes! quite dark, but amazing performance by all cast. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member My first experience with Egyptian cinema was this gritty (not to mention a bit grainy--they use real celluloid over there!) film about one teenage boy's life, already nightmarishly difficult by American standards, runs up against both an increasingly conservative popular moral code AND Cairene modernity. A very worthy and worthwhile movie that will also enrich anyone's study of Egyptian Arabic. I should say that the movie is 103 minutes of great story and acting. Unfortunately, it's 105 minutes long. The ending is organic, but not convincing. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Mohammed (Ahmed Azmi), distressed by his parents' divorce, is having problems in school. His mother, Fatma (Sawsan Badr), labors as a maid and puts in extra hours so she can afford a tutor for her son. But when Mohammed's teacher Mansour (Mahmoud Hemeida) begins dating Fatma, it makes him feel jealous and full of bizarre, incestuous desires. To cope with his confusion, Mohammed turns to a fundamentalist Islamic sect, where he finds friends who convince him he must control his mother's life.
Director
Atef Hetata
Producer
Marianne Khoury, Gabriel Khoury
Screenwriter
Atef Hetata
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Arabic
Runtime
1h 49m