Playing with Giants

Playing with Giants

1991 · 100 min · ★ 6.8 · Drama, Comedy

When Hassan Bahlal, a young unemployed man, calls the National Security Agency to report a fire that is to break out in a factory the next day, a new chapter in Hassan's life begins as he tells the officer he has foreseen the incident in a dream.

Directed by Sherif Arafa · Written by Wahid Hamid

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