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The Prologue

The Prologue

  • Film
  • 2025
  • 4m
  • Released

The film builds itself as a noir narrative heavy with doubt, shadows, and suspicion making everything feel larger than it is. Parody slips in quietly. Beneath the metaphors and hard-boiled dialogue lies an absurd truth: it’s all about a missing office remote. Every line, every “pressure” and “control,” is just wordplay masking something trivial. At its core, the film is a satirical portrait of paranoia, control, an…

  • Directing Mouhamed Hesham
  • Writing Mouhamed Ahmed Elsayed
  • Starring Mahmoud El-MassryNour AldinMouhamed Ahmed Elsayed
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The film builds itself as a noir narrative heavy with doubt, shadows, and suspicion making everything feel larger than it is. Parody slips in quietly. Beneath the metaphors and hard-boiled dialogue lies an absurd truth: it’s all about a missing office remote. Every line, every “pressure” and “control,” is just wordplay masking something trivial. At its core, the film is a satirical portrait of paranoia, control, and inflated self-importance—where nothing means much, yet everything feels fatal.

“"SOME THINGS ARE NEVER LOST, THEY ARE JUST REFUSED & THIS WAS ONLY THE BEGINNING. THE PROLOGUE."”

THE PROLOGUE - Detective Noir Short Film (director's cut)

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Mahmoud El-Massry Detective
Nour Aldin 1st Suspect
Mouhamed Ahmed Elsayed Detective Assistant
Mouhamed Hesham 2nd Suspect
  • Directing Mouhamed Hesham
  • Writing Mouhamed Ahmed Elsayed
  • Editing Mouhamed Hesham
  • Production Design Mouhamed Hesham
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