Excuse My French
2014 · Movie · 99 min · ★ 7.1 · 72% critics
After a family loss, a sheltered student is pushed into a new public school and struggles to fit in. A misunderstanding about his religion quickly spreads, forcing him to navigate prejudice, friendships, and identity while trying to keep his life from falling apart.
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Details
- Original title
- لا مؤاخذة
- Years
- 2014
- Release date
- 2014-01-19
- Language
- AR
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Critic score
- 72/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.1/10 (29 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy school-set dramas that mix humor with social tension and misunderstandings about identity, similar to Asmaa or Yomeddine; Not for you if you want light, consequence-free comedy.
Pros: timely social themes; fish-out-of-water humor; heartfelt school drama | Cons: relies on misunderstanding; heavy subject matter; uneven tone shifts
Cast & crew
Ahmed Dash
as Hany Abdallah Peter
Moaz Nabil
as Moamen
Kinda Alloush
as Christine, The Mother
Bayoumi Fouad
as The Principal
Samia Asaad
as Miss Nelly
Mohamed Adel
as Amin
Mohamed Abd El Azim
as Mr Ragab Bakr
Laila Ezz El Arab
as مندوبة السفارة
Ahmed Helmy
as The Narrator
Hani Adel
as Abdallah Peter
Directed by Amr Salama