Before the Summer Crowds

The film follows a group of people who meet in a beach resort on the Northern coast of Egypt of Egypt. Described as "a wry satire on the self-centred middle classes occupying Egypt’s “first row”" by Screen Daily, it follows Dr. Yehia (Maged el Kedwany) and his wife Magda (Lana Mushtaq) as they arrive at the beach resort.<ref name=":0"></ref> They are soon joined by Hala (Hana Sheha), a "a needy, negligent recently-divorced mother" who quickly attracts the attention of both Dr. Yehia and Goma'a (Ahmed Dawood), the resort caretaker.<ref name=":0" /> Over the week, each of their individual frustrations comes to a head and "the pre-summer holiday they all hoped for turns out to be yet another backdrop for the same frustrations." This is a story of accidental neighbours and frustrated voyeurs who are the recognisable bourgeoisie of the Egyptian summer.

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  • TheTVDB.com Movie ID 77410
  • Status Released
  • Released Worldwide April 13, 2016
  • Runtime 85 minutes
  • Genres Drama
  • Original Country Egypt
  • Original Language English
  • Spoken Languages Arabic
  • Production Countries Egypt
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