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It's a Game and Got Serious
In one moment… the game turned completely upside down
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Ahmed Zaher
30 eps
Mona Ahmed Zaher
30 eps
Mohamed Helmy
30 eps
Rahma Ahmed Farag
30 eps
Omar El Shenawy
30 eps
Rayam Kafarneh
30 eps
Hagag Abdel Azim
30 eps
Souhir Ben Amara
30 eps
Zainab Yousef Shabaan
30 eps
Hanan Soliman
30 eps
Donia ElMasry
30 eps
Omar Sherif
30 eps
Nadine
30 eps
Pola Samwel
30 eps
Ahmed Khairy
30 eps
Reem Nabil
30 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How It's a Game and Got Serious actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
It's a Game and Got Serious reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Serialized.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Sherif and Shorouk's lives are turned upside down due to their children's addiction to an electronic game, and the series discusses the impact of social media and electronic games on the family's life and stability.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Ahmed FayekExecutive Producer
Writing
- Alaa HassanWriter
- Nesma SamirWriter
- Hadeer El SherifWriter
- Heba RagabWriter
Direction
- Hatem MahmoudDirector
Cinematography
- Galal El ZakyDirector of Photography
Where to watch
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