“Ahmed Notre Dame” to Hit Cinemas in Eid al-Fitr

Egyptian actor and prankster, Ramez Galal shared Saturday on Instagram a new poster for his upcoming film “Ahmed Notre Dame".

Galal revealed that the film will premiere in the Eid al-Fitr movie marathon.

The film is a comedy horror genre penned by Loay Al-Sayed, directed by Mahmoud Karim, and stars Ghada Adel, Khaled El Sawy, Bayoumi Fouad, Hamdy El Marghany, Entsar, and others.

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The plot centers around a journalist (Galal), who investigates the large-scale murder cases of women amidst security services search for the killer (El Sawy). The forces are tipped off that the killer is influenced by the character of "Hunchback of Notre-Dame", the lead character of the French romantic novel by Victor Hugo.

The journalist comes up with a plan to grab the killer's attention, which through seeking the help of a doctor (Adel), and calling himself Ahmed Notre Dame, in an attempt to lure the killer with his "likeness" of Notre Dame.

Indeed, the killer begins to search for "Ahmed Notre Dame", especially as they both love the same character. They meet and become friends, and soon the protagonist learns the reason behind the killings, which is due to the killer's suffering from a complication in his life that made him hate women and seeks to revenge against them.

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The film witnesses the first collaboration between Galal and Adel after 16 years. They collaborated for the first time in 2001 film “55 Esaaf”.

They had made their last artistic cooperation in 2005 film “Eyal Habiba” co-starring Hassan Hosny, Hamada Helal, Mohamed Lotfy, and others.

The film also witnesses the third consecutive collaboration between Karim and Galal, after they collaborated in the film “Savage Raghda”, and “Sab’e Alboromba”.