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Directed by | Tarik Saleh |
Written by | Tarik Saleh |
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Cinematography | Pierre Aïm |
Edited by | Theis Schmidt |
Music by | Krister Linder |
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Running time | 126 minutes |
Countries | Sweden France Finland |
Language | Arabic |
Box office | $4.9 million[1] |
Boy from Heaven (Arabic: صبي من الجنة, romanized: ṣabiyy min al Janna), released in most English-speaking countries as Cairo Conspiracy, is a 2022 Arabic-language political thriller film directed by Swedish filmmaker Tarik Saleh. The film is a co-production between Sweden, France and Finland.
It had its world premiere on 20 May 2022 at the 75th Cannes Film Festival, where it was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or. Saleh was awarded Best Screenplay, and the film received the François Chalais Prize at Cannes. It was selected as the Swedish entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards but was not nominated.