El Haram Street

At a glance

El Haram Street, is a 2011 Egyptian movie, directed by Mohamed Al Shura, and starring Dina, Saad El Soghayar, Ahmad Bedir. with a runtime of 95 minutes.

Overview

El Haram Street is an Egyptian social drama set in the iconic nightlife strip of Cairo. An ambitious dancer leaves behind a folklore troupe to pursue what she hopes will be a more prosperous career at a nightclub on El-Haram Street. But success comes at a price: three men are soon locked in conflict over her attention and affection, among them her ex-husband — a police officer whose reappearance in her life adds a charged and dangerous dimension to an already complicated situation. The film uses its nightclub milieu to explore the competing forces of desire, ambition, and control that shape a woman's life when she dares to step outside conventional boundaries, and what it costs her to hold her ground.

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