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Terrorism and Kebab

1992 · 115 min Action Comedy Crime Drama
7.7 / 10 · TMDB

Ahmed walks into the Tahrir administrative complex merely to collect transfer papers for his son's school. Instead, he's swallowed by a Kafkaesque maze of stamps, signatures, and indifferent clerks shuffling him from office to office. A sudden, absurd twist of fate lands a pistol in his hand, and before he can protest, he's barricaded inside with hostages. This ordinary man, pushed to the brink by relentless bureaucracy, is abruptly branded a terrorist. His simple errand spirals into a media spectacle, a sharp satire that exposes the fragility of systems and the absurdity of labels in a society quick to panic.

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Original Title الإرهاب والكباب‎‎
Year 1992
Country Egypt
Genre Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Director Sherif Arafa
Runtime 115 min.
Rating TMDB: 7.7/10 (35 votes)

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A landmark Egyptian film that blends slapstick humor with piercing social commentary. It’s a brilliantly paced satire where every bureaucratic delay tightens the coil of the plot, leading to an explosive, yet deeply human, climax.

What lingers after the laughter fades is a poignant reflection on desperation and the dehumanizing gears of authority. Mohamed Sobhi delivers a career-defining performance, embodying everyman’s quiet fury with heartbreaking clarity. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Sherif Arafa

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