The Island

Dec 18, 2007

2h 23m

★ 7.2

Overview

Mansour El-Hefny’s wealthy family rule an Upper Egyptian island. Some police officers facilite their arms dealing in exchange for information, and corrupt parliament members use their immunity to par-take in their drug trade.

Genres

Action

Drama

The Island Trailers

Cast

Mansour El Hefny

Ahmed Al Saqqa

Ali El Hefny

Mahmoud Yassin

Karima

Hend Sabry

Roshdy

Khaled El Sawy

Tarek

Mahmoud Abdel Moghny

Faika

Zeina

Hassan El Hefny

Bassem Samra

Mahmoud Nageh

Asser Yassin

Fadl El Hefny

Nedal Al Shafeay

Hemdan

Ashraf Meslehi

Fouad - Tarek's Father

Abdul Rahman Abu Zahra

Gamal - Guest of Appearance

Ezzat Abu Ouf

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