Family Secrets

Family Secrets

The first Egyptian film about Homosexuality

2014 · 111 min · ★ 4.0 · Drama

Family secrets is the first Egyptian movie openly discussing homosexuality. "Based on a true story", Marwan who is a homosexual goes through a spiral of despair after coming out to his sister who gets him to seek to understand and treat his homosexuality, he now has to deal with religion, society and psychiatrists and gets tested to the limits

Directed by Hani Fawzi · Written by Mohamed Abdel Kader

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