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2019 Psychological horror film
122 Yasir Al Yasiri Saif Oraibi Salah Algoheny Ahmed El-Fishawy
Amina Khalil
Tarek Lotfi
Ahmed Dawood Saif Oraibi Ahmed Kardous Amr Akef Maqam Productions [eg] Misr International Films and Starship y 2019 1 2 93 minutes Egypt Egyptian Arabic
122 is a 2019 Egyptian psychological horror film directed by Yasir Al Yasiri and written by Salah Al-Goheny, and produced by Saif Oraibi. The film is the first Egyptian film to be shot in 4DX technology.122 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/action-thriller-122-becomes-first-arab-film-made-4dx-1117219 The Hollywood Reporter 6 May 2018 In Egypt calling 122 is in the emergency situation (the equivalent of calling 911 in the US or 999 in the UK.).
Plot
The film that follows the story of Nasr (Ahmed Dawood) and Omnia (Amina Khalil) who are in love, they're married as well. The problem is since they couldn't afford a proper wedding they snuck off and eloped. They are trying to keep their marriage a secret until they can afford it. Unfortunately, Omnia has become pregnant, something scandalous for an unmarried woman in their culture. In order to come up with the money quickly, Nasr returns to his shady past, agreeing to transport a package of drugs for an old associate. Omnia insists on coming along. Their car gets hit by a bus and they wake up in intensive care in what appears to be a hospital in the middle of nowhere. The couple faces a catastrophe there, and attempt to escape and run for their lives.
Release
The movie was released in Egypt on 2 January 2019, then a week later it was released worldwide. The film was a blockbuster in the Egyptian Box Office topping the box office for a month, hitting in Egypt alone 24,808,161 Egyptian Pounds 122 https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/79105/What-are-the-most-10-successful-movies-in-2019 Egypt Today 28 December 2019 The movie marked a new record in the international distribution being the first Egyptian film to be dubbed into Urdu and releasing in Pakistan.122 https://www.natcour.com/news/2019/02/122-review/ National Courier 1 February 2019 1 December 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201201000903/https://www.natcour.com/news/2019/02/122-review/ dead
The film then was digitally released on Netflix and was named as one of the iconic Arabic movies coming to Netflix 122 https://gulfnews.com/photos/entertainment/netflix-adds-iconic-arabic-films-so-what-can-you-watch-1.1592830553689 Gulf News 22 June 2020
Cast
Ahmed El-Fishawy as Amgad
Amina Khalil as Omnia
Tarek Lutfi as Dr. Nabil
Ahmed Dawood as Nasr
Mohamed Mamdouh as Emad
Mohamed Hagazy as Mohammed
Jehan Khalil as Samar
Sabri Abdul Moneim as Sameeh
Asmaa Galal as Ragaa
Mohamed Lutfi as Policeman
Tara Emad as Suaad
Mahmoud Basheer as Gahfeer
References
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Category:2019 films
Category:2019 psychological horror films
Category:Egyptian horror films
Category:2019 Arabic-language films
Category:2010s Egyptian films
Category:Arabic-language horror films