Born to Be a Criminal
5.7
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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Cast
45 people
Mohamed Henedi
Taha
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Lebleba
Taha's Mother
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The Blue Elephant
Belal Fadl
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At Cairo's Railway Station
Romantic Sayed
Wael Ihsan
Bushra
Rehab
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Cairo 6,7,8
Said Tarabeek
Taha's Father
Known for
El Kebeer Awi
Bittersweet
Khaled Zaki
Salem Nagy
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The Choice
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Ahmed Salah ElSaadany
Detective
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Wedding Song
Ferqet Naji Atallah
Amr Mcgyver
COP
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Zizi Mostafa
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Abdullah Mishref
Rehab's Father
Muhammad Nasr
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Life's Speed Bump
Wael Ihsan Director · Belal Fadl Writer Amr Ismail Composer
First release June 1, 2006 · Produced in Egypt · Production National Media Authority
Production
العربية للسينما (الشركة العربية للإنتاج والتوزيع السينمائي)
Production
National Media Authority
Studio
Egypt
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Languages
Original title
وش اجرام
Original language
Arabic
Spoken on screen
Arabic
Release dates
Egypt · June 1, 2006
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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