Abboud on the Border

Jul 21, 1999

1h 45m

★ 6.3

Overview

Abboud lives a reckless life with his two friends. He knows that he will not enter the army because he's an only child. But when his father marries another woman who gives birth to a boy, Abboud is forced to join the army in spite of being unfit, working at the border with his friends.

Genres

Comedy

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Cast

Aboud

Alaa Wali El Din

Abdo

Hassan Hosny

Mansour

Karim Abdel Aziz

Saeed

Ahmed Helmy

Jameela

Ghada Adel

Tommy

Ezzat Abu Ouf

Mahmoud Abdel Moghny

Ahmed Akl

Sami Sarhan

Said Tarabeek

woman in the hair shop

Hanan ElTaweil

Mohamed Youssef

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