Winter of Discontent

2013

96 min

6.2

Ends at

Amr is a 35 year old man who wakes up one day to a very different Egypt. Amr rarely leaves home as he works from his place designing software. It is January 25, 2011 and Amr starts the day with news of protests all over Cairo and marches leading to Tahrir square. Something tells him that these protests will lead to major political change. Farah, a woman in her early 30’s, is a news anchor on Egyptian television. The news Farah gives her audience is very different from the news presented online or on international news channels.

Budget

$23,000

Genre

Drama, History

Director

Ibrahim El Batout

Country

Egypt

Cast & Crew

Amr Waked

Farah Youssef

Salah Hanafy

Moataz Mosallam

Tamer Abdel Hamid

Aly Kandil

Mohamed Andeel

Ahmad Amer

Mai Elkady

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Winter of Discontent

Amr is a 35 year old man who wakes up one day to a very different Egypt. Amr rarely leaves home as he works from his place designing software. It is January 25, 2011 and Amr starts the day with news of protests all over Cairo and marches leading to Tahrir square. Something tells him that these protests will lead to major political change. Farah, a woman in her early 30’s, is a news anchor on Egyptian television. The news Farah gives her audience is very different from the news presented online or on international news channels.

  • Amr Waked

  • Farah Youssef

  • Salah Hanafy

  • Moataz Mosallam

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