Director – Tarik Saleh – 2022 – Sweden, France, Finland – Cert. 12a – 126m *** A naive, young, Egyptian student at a top Islamic university is recruited as a spy for the secret police – out in UK cinemas on Friday, April 14th Adam (Tawfeek Barhom), a bookworm born and raised in rural Egypt […]
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