SAIFY
Genre
Drama and Thriller
Running time
98 minutes
Year
2024
Language
Arabic
Subtitle
English
Country
Saudi Arabia
Director
Wael Abu Mansour
Bio
Producer
Mohammed Alhamoud, Chawki Knis, Almotaz Aljefri
Cast
Osama Alqass, Aixa Kay, Baraa Alem, Nour Alkhadra, Husam Alharthi
Scriptwriter
Wael Abu Mansour
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At 40 years old, Saify Muhammed is a washed-up confidence trickster who owes money to everyone, including his ex-wife. Now he is trying his hand at blackmail. The year is 2000; Saify has a dilapidated music shop selling cassette tapes, including recordings of banned Islamic sermons he mistakenly thinks will turn an illicit profit. His sermon supplier is Al-Mahdi, shady religious advisor to the local bigwig Sheikh Asaad Aman, who has a name as a philanthropist. When Saify finds one tape containing a scandalous recording of the influential Sheikh Asaad, he thinks he’s finally in the money.
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