“Kira & El Gin” Gets New Poster

Synergy films released Thursday a new poster for the highly-anticipated film “Kira & El Gin”.

The new poster is a close-up of the two of the main characters Ahmed Abdel Hay, (played by Karim Abdel Aziz), who goes by the nickname Ahmed Kira, and Abdel Qader Shehata Al-Gin (Ahmed Ezz).

Abdel Aziz portrays an doctor who was present during the occupation and meets Al-Gin (Ezz) and become close friends and decide to team up against the British occupation.

The cast also includes Hend Sabry, Sayed Ragab, Asma Abul Yazeid, Ahmed Malek, Huda El Mufti, Aly Kassem, and others.

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.

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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.

“Kira & El Gin” will hit the theaters on June 30.

In preparing to write "1919", Mourad immersed himself for a full year in the world of early 20th century Egypt.

He meticulously read memoirs by artists, journalists, and politicians from that era, as well as listened to radio and television interviews from the 50s and 60s of influential inpiduals whose careers had flourished decades before.

Mourad also watched films from the earliest days of Egyptian cinema and poured over letters and official documents nearly a century old.