Synopsis
Adam, the son of a fisherman, 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 in Cairo, the university’s highest ranking religious leader, the Grand Imam, suddenly dies and Adam soon becomes a pawn in a ruthless power struggle between Eqypt’s religious and political elite.
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Director (1)
Actors (6)
Production and distribution (4)
- Co-productions : Memento Production, Arte France Cinéma
- Foreign production companies : Atmo, Film i Väst, Bufo, SVT - Sveriges Television, Final Cut For Real
- Film exports/foreign sales : Paradise City Sales (ex-Memento International)
- French distribution : Memento Distribution
Full credits (11)
- Screenwriter : Tarik Saleh
- Director of Photography : Pierre Aïm
- Music Composer : Krister Linder
- Assistant Director : Olivier Jacquet
- Editor : Theis Schmidt
- Sound recordists : Fredrik Jonsäter, Pontus Borg
- Costume designer : Denise Östhölm
- Foreign producers : Fredrik Zander, Mark Lwoff
- Co-producer : Alexandre Mallet-Guy
- Press Attaché (film) : Robert Schlockoff
- Production Designer : Roger Rosenberg
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Thriller, Drama
- Production language : Arabic
- Coproducer countries : Sweden (65.29%), France (24.23%), Finland (10.48%)
- Original French-language productions : No
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