Sleepless Nights

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Sleepless Nights, is a 2003 Egyptian movie, and starring Khaled Abol Naga, Gehan Fadel, Ahmed Helmy, with a runtime of 124 minutes. Content rating: R.

Overview

Sahar Al-Layali (Sleepless Nights) is an Egyptian romantic social drama that unfolds across a single charged evening shared by four married couples. At what begins as a birthday celebration, long-simmering tensions between husbands and wives suddenly surface, exposing the emotional fragility beneath the facade of stable relationships. The four men, overwhelmed by the weight of their crises, decide to escape Cairo and drive to Alexandria for a moment of reckoning and reflection. A sophisticated and psychologically rich film, Sleepless Nights examines love, marriage, and emotional disconnection with rare depth and candor.

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