Film

Saify

2024 · 1h 50m · Drama · Thriller

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.

Baraa Alem

Zeryab Abu Al-Hassan

Aixa Kay

Rabaa

Nour Alkhadra

Rabia

Husam AlHarthi

Al-Mahdi

Osama Al-Qass

Saify Mohamed

• Wael AbumansourWriter · Director
• Mohammed AlhamoudProducer
• Almotaz AljefriProducer
• Chawki KnisProducer
• Alaa Yousef FadenExecutive Producer
• Ali KalthamiExecutive Producer
• Seifallah Ben OthmanEditor

Release date

December 26, 2024

Status

Released

Original language

Arabic

Runtime

1h 50m

Genres

Drama, Thriller