The Serial Killer

At a glance

The Serial Killer, is a 2009 Egyptian movie, directed by Saad Hendawi, and starring Hani Salama, Khaled El Sawy. Sawsan Badr.

Overview

Al-Saffah (The Serial Killer) is an Egyptian crime thriller that charts the dark descent of a young man shaped by isolation and neglect into a ruthless criminal. Growing up alone with no moral compass, he gravitates toward lawlessness from an early age, honing a capacity for violence that grows more brutal with every passing year. But fate intervenes in the form of love — a beautiful young woman who awakens something in him that crime never could. Determined to start over, he commits what he hopes will be one final crime to fund a new life with the woman he loves. A grim and gripping story about whether love can break the cycle of violence — or merely fuel it.

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