| Native Name: | الجريمة |
| Director: | Sherif Arafa |
| Cinematography: | Abd El-Salam Mousa |
| Music: | Amine Bouhafa |
| Editing: | Dalia el-Nasser |
| Runtime: | 125 minutes |
| Country: | Egypt |
| Language: | Arabic |
| Gross: | 27,210,498 Egyptian pounds[1] |
The Crime (Arabic: الجريمة, transliterated as El-Gareema) is an Egyptian film. The film is directed and written by Sherif Arafa, and it stars Ahmed Ezz, Menna Shalabi, Maged El Kedwany, Ryad El Khouly, and Sayed Ragab. The film was released on January 5, 2022 in Egypt[2] and on January 20, 2022 in the Gulf states.[3]
The film takes place in the 1970’s and centers on a man named Adel who suffers from hallucinations and is institutionalized. He escapes his mental hospital and becomes a well-paid perpetrator of contract killing and other crimes for hire. One crime he is embroiled in causes him to confess to prior offenses, bringing him into conflict with his former sponsors.[4]
The first trailer for the movie was released on October 26, 2021.[5]