The Forest

At a glance

The Forest, is a 2008 Egyptian movie, directed by Ahmed Atef, and starring Reham Abdelghafour, Ahmed Azmy, Hanan Motawie. with a runtime of 92 minutes.

Overview

The Forest is a hard-hitting Egyptian social drama that turns its unflinching gaze on a group of street children ranging in age, all thrown together in an abandoned urban space. To survive on society's margins, they resort to scavenging through trash, petty theft, drug distribution, and prostitution. The film goes beyond documenting hardship — it positions society and government as directly responsible for creating and perpetuating the conditions that force children into these lives. A powerful indictment of systemic neglect, The Forest remains one of Egyptian cinema's most urgent statements on poverty and abandonment.

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