Marriage as a prison where the bars are made of silence and complicity.
When Mona marries the seemingly decent police officer Hisham, she finds out there is more into him than what he shows to the people.
Acting
Ahmed Zaki's charm curdles into menace without changing his smile.
Direction
Khan's static frames trap Mona—and you—in Hisham's orbit.
Writing
Every 'decent' gesture reeks of performance. Nothing is accidental.
Director
Mohamed Khan
Ahmed Zaki
Hisham Abu Al-Wafa
Mervat Amin
Mona Ismail
Hassan Hosny
Minister of Interior Assistant, General Yousri
Zizi Mostafa
Samiha - neighbor
Abdel Ghani Naser
Mahmoud Bey - Member of the People’s Assembly
Khairy Beshara
Safwat
Nahed Samir
Saadia - Hisham's aunt
Nazim Sharawy
Director of State Security Investigations
Ali ElGandour
Ismail - Mona's father
Othman Abdel Monem
Director of Minya Security
Mohamed Dardeery
Writer Magdy Ezz Al-Arab
Ahmed Mokhtar
Major Fawzi
Hafez Amin
Bishara
Gehan Nasr
Mona / Teenager
Thuraya Ezz ElDein
General Yousri’s wife
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
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