Hassan and Marcus

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Hassan and Marcus, is a 2008 Egyptian movie, and starring Adel Emam, Omar Sharif, Lebleba, with a runtime of 110 minutes. Content rating: PG-13.

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Hassan and Marcus is an Egyptian political comedy film starring Adel Imam and Omar Sharif in a sharp satirical twist on identity and sectarianism. Imam plays Marcos, a church official targeted for assassination, whom the government protects by disguising him as a Muslim sheikh named Hassan. Sharif plays Hassan, an Islamic cleric whom a terrorist group tries to eliminate after he refuses to join their ranks — he, in turn, is hidden under the identity of the church man Marcos. The two men swap lives in a situation rich with absurdity and wit, as the film uses comedy to skewer religious prejudice and expose the folly of sectarian division in Egyptian society.

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