The Hostage(الرهينة)
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Egypt · 2006
1h 34m
Director Sandra Nashaat
Starring Ahmed Ezz, Nour, Yasmin Abdulaziz, Mohamed Sharaf
Genre Action, Drama, Comedy
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When Mostafa arrives to Ukraine, he witnesses the kidnapping of an Egyptian scientist. Eventually he gets involved in rescuing him, in a country he knows nothing about.
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