At 40 years old, Saify Muhammed is a washed-up confidence trickster who owes money to everyone, including his ex-wife. Now he is trying his hand at blackmail. The year is 2000; Saify has a dilapidated music shop selling cassette tapes, including recordings of banned Islamic sermons he mistakenly thinks will turn an illicit profit. His sermon supplier is Al-Mahdi, shady religious advisor to the local bigwig Sheikh Asaad Aman, who has a name as a philanthropist. When Saify finds one tape containing a scandalous recording of the influential Sheikh Asaad, he thinks he’s finally in the money.
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Baraa Alem
Zeryab Abu Al-Hassan
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Al Aasha Street
Aixa Kay
Rabaa
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The Marina
أسامة القس
صيفي
Nour Alkhadra
Rabia
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Hwjn
Husam AlHarthi
Al-Mahdi
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Embassy 87
نور الخضراء
رابيه
Osama Al-Qass
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Wael Abumansour Director · Seifallah Ben Othman Editor
First release December 8, 2024 · Produced in Saudi Arabia · Original title صيفي
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Telfaz11
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Saudi Arabia
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Original title
صيفي
Original language
Arabic
Spoken on screen
Arabic
Release dates
Saudi Arabia · December 8, 2024
Premiere · Red Sea International Film Festival
Saudi Arabia · December 26, 2024
Theatrical
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Saudi Arabia
November 13, 2025 · Digital · Netflix
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