Cairo Conspiracy

Finnish title: Salaliitto Kairossa

Directed by: Tarik Saleh

Length: 120

Year of production: 2022

Production countries: Sweden, France, Finland, Denmark

Starring: Tawfeek Barhom, Fares Fares, Sherwan Haji, Mohammad Bakri, Makram J. Khoury, Mehdi Dehbi

Written by: Tarik Saleh

Director of Photography: Pierre Aïm

Production Design: Roger Rosenberg

Costume Design: Denise Östholm

Make-up Design: Pia Cornelius

Editing: Theis Schmidt

Sound Design: Fredrik Jonsäter, Pontus Borg

Composers: Krister Linder

Producers: Kristina Åberg, Fredrik Zander / Atmo

Co-producers: Bufo (Misha Jaari, Mark Lwoff), Post Control (Toni Valla), Memento Production, Final Cut for Real

Adam, the son of a fisherman, is offered the ultimate privilege to study at the Al-Azhar University in Cairo, the epicenter of power of Sunni Islam. Shortly after his arrival in Cairo, the university’s highest ranking religious leader, the Grand Imam, suddenly dies and Adam soon becomes a pawn in a ruthless power struggle between Eqypt’s religious and political elite.

 

with the support of the Creative Europe Programme – MEDIA of the European Union