The Talisman (1987)
Overview
Protagonist Mahmoud is a high school teacher, who lives with his entire family in a tiny apartment. The landlord is desperately trying to force them out to the point of enlisting the devil’s help. Like “Al-Ins wal Djinn,” the film’s opening scenes establish a sense of tension that continues to mount until, for some reason, a goat shoots a star-shaped laser out of its forehead, and everything quickly falls apart. Furniture spontaneously combusts, an invisible presence settles in Mahmoud’s apartment, and the devil rapes his wife and she thinks it’s an earthquake. Things reach their peak when, for the second time on this list, Yousra is drenched in actual chicken blood.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | ar |
| Popularity | 0.177 |
Directed By
Mohamed Shebl
Crew
Mohamed Shebl
Mohamed Shebl
Mahmoud El Kholy
Gamil Aziz
Mahmoud Abdelsamie
Salah Khalil
TOP CAST
Yousra
Rawya
Naima ElSoghier
Sorceress
Abla Kamel
Faten
Mahmoud Yassin
Mahmoud
Tahiya Cariocca
Om Mahmoud
Fouad Khalil
Jinn
Tariq Al Dussoki
Atef Abdel Hamid
Marwa ElKhatib
Nadia
Badr Nofal
Sheikh
Maher Essam
Tamer
Hamdy Youssef
Abdul Sami
Adel Abu Al Gheet
Qurny
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