Heliopolis
Apr 28 2010
•2h 36m
•Drama
8 characters skew lifelines that never really intersect in the suburb of Heliopolis in Cairo within a frame of time of 24 hours all in a very stagnant state and never achieving goals.
Cast
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Khaled Abol Naga
Ibrahim
Yosra El Lozy
Yosra
Hani Adel
Hany
Hanan Motawie
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