Born to Be a Criminal

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Born to Be a Criminal, is a 2006 Egyptian movie, and starring Mohamed Henedi, Lebleba, Bushra. with a runtime of 94 minutes.

Overview

Born to Be a Criminal is an Egyptian social drama film that portrays the quiet desperation of unemployment and systemic corruption. Taha, a young computer institute graduate from a poor family, struggles to find work and is forced to lie to his fiancée about his situation. His father faces the same fate — laid off after the privatization of the factory where he spent his working life, sent into early retirement alongside his colleagues. When Taha stumbles upon documents that expose the factory owner's corruption, he finds himself holding explosive information in a society where the powerful protect one another. The film is a sharp critique of economic inequality and the forces that trap ordinary people in cycles of hardship.

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