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The Judgment

2023-10-08 Drama 1hr 51m

A gay Egyptian couple return from America for a family emergency. In this homophobic environment, their secret threatens to unravel under anxiety, unease, and suspicion that someone is using witchcraft to send them back.

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Storyline

A gay Egyptian couple return from America for a family emergency. In this homophobic environment, their secret threatens to unravel under anxiety, unease, and suspicion that someone is using witchcraft to send them back.

  • Released
    2023-10-08
  • Revenue
    n/a
  • Budget
    n/a
  • Runtime
    1hr 51m
  • Genre
    Drama, Horror
  • Status
    Released
  • Language
    العربية, English
  • imdb-logo
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  • Production
    Perspectives Pictures

Crew

Marwan Mokbel
Director
Marwan Mokbel
Writer
Omar Said
Producer

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Cast

Rindala Tawk

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Yousra (Mo's Mother)
Jad Sabih

Jad Sabih

Young Mo
Ali Sammoury

Ali Sammoury

Mustafa (Hisham's Father)
Layla Amari

Layla Amari

Salma (Grandmother)
Joseph Abboud

Joseph Abboud

Sheikh from Childhood
Ali Mokdad

Ali Mokdad

Mervat's Son
Walid Abou Serhal

Walid Abou Serhal

Zakaria (Lawyer)
Joe Ramia

Joe Ramia

Ahmed (Bully)
Wassim Mamdouh Hussein

Wassim Mamdouh Hussein

Friday Prayer Shiekh
Najib Abi Nader

Najib Abi Nader

Mosque Advice Shiekh
Jalal Faytrouni

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A Review by Brent_Marchant 6

Written by Brent_Marchant on 2023-10-04

When is something sinful, and when is it not? It’s hardly a clear-cut matter; what someone might see as perfectly acceptable is utter heresy... read more

When is something sinful, and when is it not? It’s hardly a clear-cut matter; what someone might see as perfectly acceptable is utter heresy for someone else, despite the fact that the same issue is up for debate in each of those cases. And it’s this question that’s explored in writer-director Marwan Mokbel Elessawi’s second feature outing about an Egyptian-American gay couple who visit the homeland to handle a family emergency and end up undergoing a frightening, unexpected supernatural experience. One of the partners, Mo (short for Mohammed) (Junes Zahdi), who has spent most of his life in the US and has had little contact with his family for years, is unaccustomed to the lack of tolerance he experiences compared to his life in America. Yet, despite sincere efforts to maintain a low profile, he soon discovers that there may be those who know about his “sinful” secret – and who seek to inflict evil deeds upon him for his allegedly wicked ways, experiences that prompt Mo to question his own behavior. But aren’t those gestures perpetrated against him innately as evil as what he’s supposedly guilty of? While these acts are served up in the guise of witchcraft, the narrative draws upon them as metaphors for the narrow-mindedness of fanatical religious fundamentalism. These incidents thus place the beleaguered protagonist in a position of having to assess his beliefs about himself and what’s unfolding around him, issues that hearken back to his youthful upbringing and prompting him to examine his current behavior. The result is an admirably ambitious effort at exploring the key question raised above. Unfortunately, the picture doesn’t address it as clearly as it might have. While this offering starts out strong and finishes well, it stumbles in the middle, getting caught up in an array of confusing story threads that go on too long and ultimately yield more muddle than riddle. Although the film provides a detailed look at the rites and practices of Egyptian witchcraft, there’s a definite TMI quality about this that doesn’t allow the narrative’s symbolic elements to come across as unobstructed as they might have otherwise. I appreciate the sentiment that this one was going for, but it’s regrettable that it didn’t carry it off as well as it might have. It really is true that less can be more.

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A Review by Brent Marchant

When is something sinful, and when is it not? It’s hardly a clear-cut matter; what someone might see as perfectly acceptable is utter heresy for someone else, despite the fact that the same issue is up for debate in each of those cases. And...

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A Review by Brent_Marchant 6

Written by Brent_Marchant on 2023-10-04

When is something sinful, and when is it not? It’s hardly a clear-cut matter; what someone might see as perfectly acceptable is utter heresy for someone else, despite the fact that the same issue is u...

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