Saify
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.
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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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- Release date
- Dec 26, 2024
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
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- Language
- Arabic
- Country
- Saudi Arabia
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