Flame

At a glance

Flame, is a 1964 Egyptian movie, directed by Abdulrahman Sheriff, and starring Shoukry Sarhan, Samira Ahmed. Tawfiq Al-Deqen.

Overview

Al-Lahab is an Egyptian comedy drama film that follows Adel, a young man traveling to Alexandria to complete his engagement to his fiancée Salma. When the bus breaks down and he is forced to continue on foot through a dark and unfamiliar road, the village residents spot him and immediately assume he is the fugitive murderer who has been terrorizing the region. He is handed over to the police — only for the real criminal to be apprehended that very same night. But the ordeal does not end with his exoneration. A lighthearted film about being in the wrong place at the wrong time, built around comic misidentification and the chaos that ensues when fear overtakes reason.

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