Omar and Salwa
Genres
Overview
A comedy about a love story between Omar and Salwa who live in a slum and suffer from extreme poverty and hard living conditions.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
102 min
Release Date
2014-10-02
Status
Released
Original Language
Arabic
Vote Count
5
Vote Average
6.5
Karim Mahmoud Abdel Aziz
Youssef Eid
Saad El Soghayar
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Mahmoud Al Laithy
Badria Tolba
Alaa Morsy
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