Film “Al Gareema” Landed on Netflix

Egyptian actor Ahmed Ezz‘s 2021 crime thriller film “Al Gareema” (The Crime) landed Tuesday on Netflix.

It also stars Maged El Kedwany, Menna Shalaby, Sayed Ragab, Ryad El Khouly, Myrna Noureldin, Nabil Eissa, and others.

“Al Gareema” is written and directed by Sherif Arafa.

Set in the 1970s, the film revolves around a professional criminal (Ezz), who is hospitalized after suffering from hallucinations.

He escapes and commits several crimes against powerful people, however after getting involved in a major crime that leads him to confess to his previous ones and get into clashes with them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_bo7Cpn9OY

Ezz can be seen in the highly-anticipated film “Kira & El Gin”.

The film features a star-studded cast that includes Karim Abdel Aziz, Ahmed Ezz, Hend Sabry, Sayed Ragab, Asma Abul Yazeid, Ahmed Malek, Huda El Mufti, Aly Kassem, and others.

Abdel Aziz portrays a doctor called Ahmed Abdel Hay, who goes by the nickname Ahmed Kira, a real person who was present during the occupation.

During the events, he meets with Abdel Qader Shehata Al-Gin (Ezz) and they become close friends and decide to team up against the British occupation.

The film is written by Ahmed Mourad, directed by Marwan Hamed, and produced by the Synergy Production company.

It is based on 2014’s Egyptian historical fiction novel “1919” by Mourad.

The film is a thought-provoking, fast-paced, information-packed historical fiction set to the actual events of a significant era in Egypt’s history.

It recounts the life of Egyptians during the British occupation of Egypt from 1919 to 1924 and follows their resistance against the occupation.

The film also depicted the role of the Egyptian uprising through the lives of perse characters that include famous and obscure historical figures as well as fictional characters.