A student finds himself in the midst of political struggle in Egypt when the Grand Imam of his university suddenly dies.
The gripping and critically acclaimed new thriller from Tarik Saleh (The Nile Hilton Incident, The Contractor), follows Adam, a young man who is offered the ultimate privilege to study at the Al-Azhar University in Cairo. Shortly after his arrival in the city, the university’s highest ranking religious leader, the Grand Imam, suddenly dies and Adam becomes a pawn in a ruthless power struggle between Eqypt’s religious and political elite. As he struggles to balance a range of competing interests who favour different leaders, he soon finds that he must fight for his very survival as the succession intensifies.
- DIRECTOR: Tarik Saleh
- CAST: Fares Fares, Tawfeek Barhom
- LANGUAGE: Arabic with English subtitles
