Nutshells

Jul 17, 1995

2h 3m

★ 0.0

Overview

To face the declining revenues of the hotel that Raouf runs, he announces a competition to eat the largest amount of food in order to attract more guests, but hundreds of poor people join the contest, turning it into a tragedy that demonstrates various forms of suffering.

Genres

Drama

Music

Production Companies

M. H. R Films

Nutshells Trailers

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Cast

mahmoud zohne

Mahmoud Yassin

mohammaden elsakr

Mohamed Henedi

raouf fawzy

Hussein Fahmy

tahany

Abla Kamel

aljoker

Maged Elmasry

Alaa Wali El Din

Fathi

Hamid El Shaeri

Rania Mahmoud Yassin

Dina

Mohamed Youssef

Khaled El Sawy

Tamer Habib

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