Heliopolis

Heliopolis

2009•1h 36m•7.2/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.2/10(10)

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.

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AR

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Khaled Abol Naga

Khaled Abol Naga

Ibrahim

Yosra El Lozy

Yosra El Lozy

Yosra

Hani Adel

Hani Adel

Hany

Hanan Motawie

Hanan Motawie

Aida Abdel Aziz

Aida Abdel Aziz

Vera

Atef Youssef

Atef Youssef

Ali

Aya Soliman

Maha

Mahmoud ElLozy

Mahmoud ElLozy

Photographer

Mahmoud Hamdy

Police Officer

Mohamed Brequa

The Soldier

Christine Solomon

Christine Solomon

Gothic Girl

Tamer El Said

Tamer El Said

Friend

Hend Sabry

Hend Sabry

Nagla (voice)

Soumaya Jouini

Marwan Azab

Ghada Shahbandar

Ghada Shahbandar

Ibrahim El Batout

Ibrahim El Batout

Ramadan Khater

Ramadan Khater

Mohammad Abdel Fattah

Mohammad Abdel Fattah

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