Heliopolis
8 characters skew lifelines that never really intersect in the suburb of Heliopolis in Cairo within a frame of time of 24 hours all in a very stagnant state and never achieving goals.
8 characters skew lifelines that never really intersect in the suburb of Heliopolis in Cairo within a frame of time of 24 hours all in a very stagnant state and never achieving goals.
Khaled Abol Naga
Ibrahim
Yosra El Lozy
Yosra
Hani Adel
Hany
Hanan Motawie
Aida Abdel Aziz
Vera
Atef Youssef
Ali
Aya Soliman
Maha
Mahmoud ElLozy
Photographer
Mahmoud Hamdy
Police Officer
8 characters skew lifelines that never really intersect in the suburb of Heliopolis in Cairo within a frame of time of 24 hours all in a very stagnant state and never achieving goals.
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