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Born to Be a Criminal

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Our man has about everything against him : he is short, weak, so simple, with an IQ far below the average. There is no wonder why he keeps on being teased by his friends, parents and even fiancee. But circumstances will turn him into a hero and then a vicious criminal feared by all. Half-educated and out-of-work, Taha, is kidnapped by a gang of thieves in his hometown Alexandria. Unbeknownst to them, neither Taha's mother nor his girlfriend has a fraction of the ransom

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 2006-06-01

Runtime: 94 mins

Director: Wael Ehsan

Writer: Belal Fadl

Spoken language: العربية

Genres: Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance

Original title: Born to Be a Criminal

Production Companies: العربية للسينما (الشركة العربية للإنتاج والتوزيع السينمائي)

Production Countries: Egypt

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