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Born to Be a Criminal
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Born to Be a Criminal

2006-06-01 · 94 min · ★ 5.8

Action · Comedy · Crime · Romance

Our man has about everything against him : he is short, weak, so simple, with an IQ far below the average. There is no wonder why he keeps on being teased by his friends, parents and even fiancee. But circumstances will turn him into a hero and then a vicious criminal feared by all. Half-educated and out-of-work, Taha, is kidnapped by a gang of thieves in his hometown Alexandria. Unbeknownst to them, neither Taha's mother nor his girlfriend has a fraction of the ransom

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Directors
Wael Ihsan
Production companies
العربية للسينما (الشركة العربية للإنتاج والتوزيع السينمائي)
Countries
Egypt
Status
Released

Top Cast

Mohamed HenediMohamed HenediTaha
LeblebaLeblebaTaha's Mother
BushraBushraRehab
Said TarabeekSaid TarabeekTaha's Father
Khaled ZakiKhaled ZakiSalem Nagy
Ahmed Salah ElSaadanyAhmed Salah ElSaadanyDetective
Amr McgyverCOP
Zizi MostafaZizi Mostafa
Muhammad NasrMuhammad Nasr
Abd Allah MeshrefAbd Allah Meshref
Ahmed Sami AbdallahAhmed Sami Abdallah
Medhat KassemMedhat Kassem
Soliman EidSoliman Eid
Moatazza Abdel SabourMoatazza Abdel Sabour
Ahmed Abdel WarethAhmed Abdel Wareth
Rehab El GamalRehab El Gamal
Ahmed Gamal SaeedAhmed Gamal Saeed
Thuraya IbrahimThuraya Ibrahim
Fayeq AzabFayeq Azab
Maha RoshdyMaha Roshdy

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