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Boy from Heaven (Arabic: صبي من الجنة, romanized: ṣabiyy min al Janna), released in most English-speaking countries as Cairo Conspiracy, is a 2022 Arabic-language political thriller film directed by Swedish filmmaker Tarik Saleh. The film is a co-production between Sweden, France and Finland.
boy from heaven Director: TARIK SALEH Adam, the son of a fisherman, is offered the ultimate privilege to study at the Al-Azhar University in Cairo, the epicenter of power of Sunni Islam.
May 20, 2022 · Swedish director Tarik Saleh and his cast walk the red carpet at the 75th Cannes film festival for the premiere of his lastest feature, "Boy from Heaven," ab...
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May 20, 2022 · Swedish-Egyptian director Tarik Saleh is in the running for the prestigious Palme d'Or with ‘Boy From Heaven,' which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.
May 22, 2022 · Boy from Heaven premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. Spy thrillers are a dime a dozen. Rarer is encountering one set in an Egyptian mosque, much less Al-Azhar, one of the most significant mosques in Islamic history and home of the great imam, the highest-ranking Muslim leader in Egypt.
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Spy thriller and coming-of-age narrative deftly combine in this sinuous, Cairo-set exploration of political and religious corruption by Tarik Saleh (The Nile Hilton Incident, NZIFF 2017), who received Best Screenplay at Cannes 2022.
Shortly after his arrival in Cairo, the university’s highest ranking religious leader, the Grand Imam, suddenly dies and Adam soon becomes a pawn in a ruthless power struggle between Eqypt’s religious and political elite. Cast: Tawfeek Barhom, Fares Fares, Mohammad Bakri.
