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The Aquarium

The Aquarium

Original Title: جنينة الأسماك

  • Film
  • 2008
  • 1h 47m
  • Released

Youssef is a hotshot anesthesiologist who often sleeps in his car for privacy. Laila is the careerist host of a late night radio call-in show. These two members of Cairo's elite, lost souls traveling parallel paths of longing and disconnection, are the principal fish in Yousry Nasrallah's The Aquarium, a meditation on the intellectual capital of the Middle East, now bent under the sway of repression in all its forms.

  • Directing Yousry Nasrallahرشا الكرديمنى أسعد
  • Writing ناصر عبدالرحمن
  • Starring Hend SabryAmr WakedGamil Ratib

Youssef is a hotshot anesthesiologist who often sleeps in his car for privacy. Laila is the careerist host of a late night radio call-in show. These two members of Cairo's elite, lost souls traveling parallel paths of longing and disconnection, are the principal fish in Yousry Nasrallah's The Aquarium, a meditation on the intellectual capital of the Middle East, now bent under the sway of repression in all its forms.

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Hend Sabry
Hend Sabry ليلى بكر - مذيعة أسرار الليل
Amr Waked يوسف إسماعيل النادى
Gamil Ratib إسماعيل النادي
Ahmed Al Fishawy
Ahmed Al Fishawy عمرو
Bassem Samra
Bassem Samra زكى - مخرج أسرار الليل
درة مروة
Asser Yassin
Asser Yassin ضابط المباحث
Samah Anwar
Samah Anwar مارجريت
Laila Samy سمية
دنيا مسعود الممرضة فايزة
Salwa Mohamed Ali
Salwa Mohamed Ali ماجده
أسامة درويش
هيام الشوربجي
نهاد أبو العينين
عمرو فكري
محمد الهوان
ريهام أيمن
عزت إبراهيم
طارق مندور
Menha Batraoui
Tamim Abdo شاهين
أحمد توفيق د. فهمي عبد الرحيم
محمد فاروق حمدى التمرجى
مروة الصاوي أمنيه
  • Directing Yousry Nasrallahرشا الكرديمنى أسعدRamy GheitNadine Khanكريم الميهي
  • Writing ناصر عبدالرحمن
  • Cinematography فيكتور كريديAhmed El Morsy
  • Editing Mona Rabie
  • Music Tamer Karawan
  • Production Gaby Khoury
  • Production Design عادل المغربي
  • Costume Design Nahed Nasrallahإيمان النجار
  • Assistant Director أحمد اللوزي
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