Born to Be a Criminal

Born to Be a Criminal

2006 · 94 min · AR · 5.8 (23 votes)
Dir. Wael Ehsan · Starring Mohamed Henedi, Lebleba, Bushra, Said Tarabeek, Khaled Zaki, Ahmed Salah ElSaadany · Music Amr Ismail
ActionComedyCrimeRomance

Our man has about everything against him : he is short, weak, so simple, with an IQ far below the average. There is no wonder why he keeps on being teased by his friends, parents and even fiancee. But circumstances will turn him into a hero and then a vicious criminal feared by all. Half-educated and out-of-work, Taha, is kidnapped by a gang of thieves in his hometown Alexandria. Unbeknownst to them, neither Taha's mother nor his girlfriend has a fraction of the ransom

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This film feels like a gritty, character-driven crime drama with unexpected comedic twists. It's a tense, unpredictable ride about a desperate man's descent into criminality, exploring themes of social mobility and the consequences of circumstance.

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