Rotten Blood

At a glance

Rotten Blood, is a 2024 Egyptian movie, directed by Tarek El Sherbeny, and starring Emad Ghoneim, Mohamed Rabea, Mohab Khalifa. with a runtime of 12 minutes.

Overview

Damm Fased (Rotten Blood) is an Egyptian social drama set in a conservative Cairo neighborhood, where a single mother named Mona navigates the crushing weight of a double stigma: raising a child alone while living with hypersexuality disorder. When her brother discovers her vulnerability, he weaponizes it — threatening to publicly accuse her of adultery unless she surrenders her share of their deceased father's home. The film is a sharp, unflinching examination of how patriarchal systems exploit women's secrets, and how inheritance disputes become battlegrounds for control and shame. With Cairo's claustrophobic social fabric as its backdrop, Damm Fased confronts issues of bodily autonomy, family power dynamics, and the impossible choices faced by women at the margins.

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