Cairo Conspiracy
2022 · Movie · 121 min · ★ 6.8 · 73% critics
A young man from a fishing family earns a rare chance to study at a prestigious religious university in Cairo. When a major leader dies, he’s pulled into a tense struggle for influence, pressured to serve powerful interests while trying to protect himself and the people he loves.
Also known as Boy from Heaven
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Details
- Original title
- La Conspiration du Caire
- Years
- 2022
- Release date
- 2022-10-26
- Language
- French
- Runtime
- 121 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 73/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 (286 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a dark, menacing political thriller about power and manipulation in a religious institution, in the vein of The Nile Hilton Incident; Not for you if you prefer light, straightforward stories.
Pros: tense political intrigue; strong lead performances; thought-provoking atmosphere | Cons: some threads underexplained; convenient plot turns; ending may disappoint
Awards & recognition
- Greta
- César Award — Best Foreign Film · 2023 · nominated
- International Submission to the Academy Awards · 2023 · nominated
Cast & crew
Tawfeek Barhom
as Adam
Fares Fares
as Ibrahim
Mohammad Bakri
as General Al Sakran
Makram J. Khoury
as Sheikh Negm
Mehdi Dehbi
as Zizo
Younes Medhat
as Sobhy
Yunus Albayrak
as Teacher Of Sharia
Sherwan Haji
as Soliman
- AM
Amr Mosad
as Harun
Hassan El Sayed
Directed by Tarik Saleh