Boy from Heaven

For Adam, the son of a fisherman, a dream comes true when he receives a scholarship to the renowned Al-Azhar University in Cairo. But shortly after his arrival, the Sunni Grand Imam who heads the institution dies, and a power struggle erupts over his successor. Ibrahim, a state security investigator, is tasked with planting an informant within the university to support the president's candidate. His choice does not fall on the unassuming Adam by chance... Director Tarik Saleh delivers a fascinating spy thriller about the corrupt link between political and religious power in modern Egypt.