Movies by Farid Shawqy

30 Days in Prison

30 Days in Prison

Amshir works in a cabaret owned by his wealthy friend Medhat. Medhat is sentenced to a month in prison after he burned the mustache of a wealthy Upper Egyptian man named Al-Najawi. Amshir then goes to prison instead of him in exchange for a sum of money.

Shaweesh Noss El-leil

Shaweesh Noss El-leil

Aging Constable Hassan (Farid Shawqi) continues to work hard in the Department of Drug Control while devoting himself to raising his son and daughter. He then discovers that the son became a drugug addict through a junkie dancer, so he intervenes in order to save his son.

Driven from Paradise

Driven from Paradise

The dervish Alish dies and is taken in a majestic procession to the cemetery. When he ascends to heaven to be judged, he discovers that the sum of his virtues equals the sum of his sins, so he's sent back to the living in order to test him and decide whether he should enter heaven or hell.

The Escape from El-Khanka

The Escape from El-Khanka

The teacher Mustafa turns to the TV anchor Nashwa to complain about her brother, who seized a piece of land he owns and installed a large refrigerator to store meat. When Nashwa tells her brother, he decides to get rid of Mustafa and send his sister to a mental hospital.

The Great Adventure

The Great Adventure

Yassin is a fame-seeker who makes a deal with the lawyer, Samir, to falsely confess to a famous murder, in the hopes that the media attention will benefit them both, as Samir proves Yassin's innocence at the last moment. But when Yassin is implicated in the crime, Samir has to find the real killer to save him.

The Rooftop

The Rooftop

The lives of a group of simple people who are living on the roof of a building in Zamalek are intertwined, among whom is Nabila, a widow living with her son whose uncle wants to seize his inheritance, and Farid, her neighbor who stands beside her to help with her problem.

Shahd Al-Maleka

Shahd Al-Maleka

(Zahira) is a poor girl who lives with her rich relative (Aziz Al-Naji). His wife (Alfat) wants to get rid of Zahira, so she facilitates her marriage to (Abdo), a simple baker. However, Zahira is looking for something higher and better than the baker. The neighborhood bully helps her divorce Abdo and marry the rich man (Mohamed Al-Faskhani).

Wolves

Wolves

Naji, Makram, and Ezzat are three friends who know Saber Abdel Sadiq. The wealthy businessman admires Naji's intelligence and hires him. Naji agrees despite his knowledge that Saber runs suspicious businesses, while journalist Makram launches a press campaign attacking Saber and accusing him of a major corruption case, in which the driver (Ezzat) testifies against him, so Saber kills him. Naji's conscience awakens and he tries to help Ezzat's sister Hind uncover the killer.

End of the devils

End of the devils

Three young guys Ismail, Refaat and Hamada rob the safe of an antique store. After that, they part, and each of them goes his own way. And when they have new financial difficulties, they meet again and agree to rob a bank together.