An Egypt Affair

What an unusual find! I saw this at the LA festival and was so glad I had an opportunity to experience it. This movie was actually filmed in Egypt and is very authentic. It brought me back to my travels there with the beautiful scenery and music. I could practically smell the spices and food in the market scenes! The plot has enough twists and complexity to be good on its own. The characters are believable and acting quality is better than I expect from an indie film. The scenery was an unexpected treat and video quality was much higher than most indie films. If you want to experience Egypt without your passport, this is a film to see.

All I can say is WOW! I loved this movie and I absolutely loved the turns and twists. And the locations shown in Egypt and along the Nile River were wonderful.

The story was intriguing, as I was always trying to figure out the motivations of the various characters. Were they true friends? What is the value of friendship? What happens when confronted with overwhelming temptation in a faraway land? What would you do when someone blackmails you? Do you fight or run or ? And the two lead actors did a great job with their roles. The camera loves the those two actors. It's fun to watch the emotional turns on their faces, throughout the movie.

Thank you for sharing this film and I will highly recommend it to my friends.

A great romantic thriller film set in Egypt. The cinematography was a breath of fresh air with all of the shots filmed on location in Egyptian cities. The landscapes paired with grounded talented acting and storytelling made for an enjoyable film through and through. I personally get excited when I see production teams go the extra mile and film on-location without the aid of green screens. The ensemble cast was also nicely curated, a perfect melting pot of personalities and abilities. The director Marlin Darrah does it again by telling a tale of Americans getting into dramatic events abroad in a foreign land!

The story is about 2 couples who are friends with each other on a trip to Egypt and what ensues there. Another couple joins the trip surprisingly and then there are affairs among these. The plot could have been better. The screenplay is a bit weak. Sometimes the scenes are stitched in a strange way. Most of the acting is weak too except the Egyptian woman itself who somehow reminds me of Sofia Vergara. The chemistry between two other couples is minimal and they fight over petty things. In the end they just wrap up quickly by revealing all the mysteries at once without any drama or anything and it saves the day for the protagonist. It might be watchable if you want to but definitely not worth the 9 or 10 stars given here.

I came across this movie at a film festival in Los Angeles. It's an indie movie and I wasn't sure what to expect. I found it an excellent combination of photography, acting, story and location. It has a film noir flavor with the characters facing questions about friendship, love and betrayal. I highly recommend the movie to people that are tired of the usual Hollywood big-movie offerings. I read that it was recently filmed entirely in Egypt, and the authentic feeling of being on the Nile, with the story taking place at the amazing ancient temples, in the desert, in the market streets -- all had a powerful impact on my enjoyment of this movie. It's a better movie than last year's "Death on the Nile" - which wasn't even filmed in Egypt!