A fisherman’s son is offered the ultimate privilege to study at the Al-Azhar University in Cairo, the epicenter of power of Sunni Islam. Shortly after his arrival, the university’s highest ranking religious leader, the Grand Imam, dies and the young student becomes a pawn in a ruthless power struggle between Egypt’s religious and political elite.
Length 121 minutes
Tawfeek Barhom | Fares Fares | Mohammed Bakri | Makram Khoury | Mehdi Dehbi | Younes Medhat | Yunus Albayrak | Sherwan Haji | Amr Mosad | Hassan El Sayed | Zain Alabdin A. Fallatah | Youssef Salama Zeki | Ahmed Laissaoui | Mouloud Ayad | Ayman Fathy | Okan Bozkuş | Moe Ayoub | Ramzi Choukair | Jalal Al-Tawil