Amr Saad Teams Up with Director Mohamed Sami for Next Film

Egyptian actor Amr Saad is teaming up with screenwriter and director Mohamed Sami on his next film.

Specific details on the upcoming project remain under wraps.

Saad can be seen in the star-studded film “The Goat”.

The film boasts an ensemble of talented actors, including Amr Saad, John Savage, Mira Sorvino, Sayed Ragab, Jessica Hossam, Maya Talem, and Arfah Abdulrasool.

"The Goat" focuses on many important societal issues, most notably child marriage and exposing fraudulent mineral water companies.

The multi-hyphenate is a rare, if not unique, case of an Arab production directed by an Italian. The film stars young Egyptian TikTok star Jessica Hosam as an 11-year-old pregnant orphan named Hadya who after being forced into marriage becomes the target of a Western corporation that seeks to control the only water source in her village. She escapes into the desert with her goat on a journey in search of her father.

“The Goat” aims to question “‘civilized Western countries" and all of those who live in them about their role in the appropriation of the natural resources of poorer countries.

It also shines a spotlight on barbaric traditions still practiced in so many areas of the world that devastate the young women and girls in these communities.

Savage plays the CEO of a U.S. multinational company that wants to take over the village’s spring to produce fancy bottled mineral water; Sorvino plays the company’s engineer; Egyptian star Saad plays Hadya’s father.

"The Goat" is written and directed by Italian filmmaker Ilaria Borrelli. It is supported by the Italian Ministry of Culture and co-production between Egypt, America, France, and Italy.

Saad, born on November 26, 1977 in Al Sayeda Zainab neighborhood, graduated from the Faculty of Applied Arts. 

He began his artistic career in the late 1990s with "Shahin", followed by film "Al Madina" by Yusra Nasrallah, and then appeared in the short film "Ten pounds". 

Saad landed his first major acting role in the 2006 film "Kheyana Mashroa" (Legitimate Betrayal).