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The Downfall, is a 1990 Egyptian movie, directed by Adel El Aassar, and starring Madiha Kamel, Farouq Al Fishawy, Aaidah Riyadh. with a runtime of 103 minutes.
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The Downfall is an Egyptian drama-thriller following Hassan and Tawhida, a couple who work together at the telephone exchange and discover they can eavesdrop on private calls. They exploit this access to blackmail callers and then report them to the police, accumulating considerable wealth in the process. After marrying, Tawhida — now pregnant — urges Hassan to abandon their scheme, but he refuses to listen. The film builds with quiet tension toward the inevitable consequences of their choices, crafting a morally pointed story about how corruption, once begun, becomes nearly impossible to escape.
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