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Winter of Discontent, is a 2013 Egyptian movie, directed by Ibrahim El Batout, and starring Amr Waked, Farah Youssef, Salah Hanafy. with a runtime of 96 minutes.
Amr is a 35 year old man who wakes up one day to a very different Egypt. Amr rarely leaves home as he works from his place designing software. It is January 25, 2011 and Amr starts the day with news of protests all over Cairo and marches leading to Tahrir square. Something tells him that these protests will lead to major political change. Farah, a woman in her early 30’s, is a news anchor on Egyptian television. The news Farah gives her audience is very different from the news presented online or on international news channels.
Budget
$23K
Winter of Discontent is a 2012 Egyptian drama film directed by Ibrahim El Batout. The film was selected as the Egyptian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.
Category
2014
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