The Blue Elephant

2014 [ARABIC]

Crime / Drama / Horror / Mystery / Thriller

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 79% · 1 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 79% · 50 ratings
IMDb Rating 8.0/10 10 30742 30.7K

egypt based on novel or book psychological thriller psychiatrist mental illness hidden past

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Plot summary

After a five-year hiatus, psychiatrist Yehia returns to work at Abbasiya Hospital. He’s assigned to evaluate a patient who turns out to be his old friend. As events unfold, Yehia uncovers dark secrets that challenge his understanding of reality.

Director

Marwan Hamed Photo
Marwan Hamed

Top cast

Khaled Kamal Photo
Khaled Kamal as Dr. Salah
Nelly Karim Photo
Nelly Karim as Lobna
Lebleba Photo
Lebleba as Dr. Safaa
Yasser Ali Maher Photo
Yasser Ali Maher as Dr. Kilany
720p.WEB
1.36 GB
1280*534
Arabic 2.0
NR
us  ar  
25 fps
2 hr 31 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by a0124153238 9 / 10

Blue Elephant is not just an important novel or movie, it is a new start for the Egyptian cinema.

Al-Pheel Al-Azraq (The Blue Elephant), a film based on the best-selling novel by Ahmed Mourad, is set to premiere in Egypt and several Arab countries,the upcoming Eid Al-Fitr holiday following the end of Ramadan.Karim Abdel-Aziz, who returns to the big screen as a superstar in the film, expressed how satisfied he was with this production and said he was not surprised the Audience has shown such excitement about the film.The film hit more than a bird with one stone, its scenario kept almost long-smart dialogs from the novel, let the characters to say and reveal their masks, the film kept all the exciting moments: A doctor returns to work in a psychiatric hospital after several years of the death of his family, throwing him to the section 8 West where there are murderers under observation, there he finds an old colleague accused of killing his wife, the doctor had a love affair with an old colleague, the sister of the accused, a doctor looking for the secret behind the crime while the plot shows us the possibility that the accused killer claim a mental illness, or the illness of the physician or the presence of a mysterious third party committed the crime across the body of the accused killer, Mixing not only between the science and what is ghostly, but the film managed to Show its characters the same degree it shows about the crime, this mixture is good and amazing because it is the most difficult choice for the writer. The film succeeded in showing most of novel's fantasies, The graphic scenes in the film is the best since graphic entered the Egyptian cinema, a global company specializing carried out the world of dreams and hallucinations, I never imagined when I read the novel to see Kareem Abdul-Aziz, to play the role of Yahya Rashid, difficult character and it was a real surprise, his role is the most difficult in my opinion because it does not depend on the apparent emotion , but convey all the time the feeling of fractures can not be healed, in his life only one and single hope, the story of an old love, Khaled El Sawy was fantastic ambiguous and double character, human being led by devil, Nelly Karim performance was quiet, simple and non-artificial. Thanks to The Blue Elephant and its talented makers. Mahmoud Abd El Shakour
Reviewed by iAyman 9 / 10

The movie the novel deserves

After reading the book for many times and watching the trailers for dozens of times, finally watched the much anticipated movie at the theater.The movie is a masterpiece that's not only as amazing as the novel, but also completes and answers a lot of mystic questions in the mind of the readers.The cast were amazing, they literally did it the way you visualize it in your mind while reading novel. The music was great and well implemented, specially at the dream part.Cinematography was the first time to see in an Arabic movie, though it's well known since movies like 300 and Sherlock Holmes.A lot of people are wondering does the movie really deserve this score on IMDb, the answer is, compared to our Arabic movies, YES it deserves a 12, although for on international basis, the movie could be 7.5At last, whether you read the book or not, you will get what your are bargaining for.
Reviewed by atlastu2 8 / 10

Well Done

This type of genre is nothing new In American movies but In the Egyptian cinema it's quite a surprise. The beginning of the film Is something seen in many films about someone accused of murder and being checked by a psychiatrist. The ironic thing is that the doctor whose job is to treat the mentally insane is messed up just as much as his patients. and even though this doctor seems to destroy everything he touches,you still feel that there is hope left In him. What happens after that is very hard to explain, it can only be seen . and that's what's special about this film,it's visually entertaining . The story ending might be strange and you might have many questions unanswered. but good films usually leave you wondering like that. Very good cast and amazing direction. And as was said in the film there's a fine line between what's real and what's not and what makes you want to cross that line Is curiosity. Egyptian cinema Is back to life with this film.
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