Induced Labor

Induced Labor

2018 · 90 min · ★ 6.6 · Comedy

Some people will do anything to secure an American visa, as hard as that might be. Some enter lotteries, others beg friends and families to invite them. Others still, just sneak in and hope Mr Trump doesn’t notice they are there. But in this raucous comedy, one Egyptian couple come up with a splendid wheeze. With twin babies due any minute, and all other efforts to secure citizenship fail, the couple decide to storm the US Embassy in Cairo and give birth there. Surely that will mean the babies are born as Americans, right? Well, er, no. As you might expect, things don’t quite go according to plan…

Directed by Khaled Diab · Written by Sherine Diab

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Maged El Kedwany حسين عبدالسلام أمين
Horeya Farghaly هبة عبدالسلام
Mostafa Khater سعيد
Sayed Ragab حافظ البرديسي
Mai Kassab
Bayoumi Fouad عبدالفتاح
Abdul Rahman Abu Zahra رئيس الوزراء
Inam Salusah هانم صلاح الدين
Mohamed Farag حسن عبدالمتعال الشوربجي
Nejib Belhassen السفير الأمريكي
Lobna Wanas
Sally Abed جينيفر

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