Free Trip to Egypt

Name: Free Trip to Egypt
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Comedy, Documentary
Released: May 31, 2019
Duration: 98 min
Cast: Adam Saleh, Ahmed Hassan, Amr Madkor, Asmaa Gamal, Brian Kopilec

2019

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| Release Date: May 31, 2019 | Not Rated

Starring: Adam Saleh, Ahmed Hassan, Amr Madkor, Asmaa Gamal, Brian Kopilec, Ellen Decker, Jenna Day, Katie Appeldorn, Marc Spalding, Nevine Madkor, Salma Salem, Tarek Mounib, Terry Decker

Summary: Seeking to build a bridge of mutual understanding and friendship, a Canadian-Egyptian entrepreneur living in Switzerland decides to reach out to the very people who fear him. He travels across the United States to find Americans concerned about an Islamic threat and makes them an intriguing offer: a Free Trip to Egypt. The initial reactionsSeeking to build a bridge of mutual understanding and friendship, a Canadian-Egyptian entrepreneur living in Switzerland decides to reach out to the very people who fear him. He travels across the United States to find Americans concerned about an Islamic threat and makes them an intriguing offer: a Free Trip to Egypt. The initial reactions range from disbelief to hostility, but eventually a diverse group from various backgrounds is selected, including: a teacher, a police officer, a Marine veteran, a single mom, a preacher and a beauty pageant queen. All have their preconceptions but are receptive and courageous enough to embark on the adventure of a lifetime. Soon enough, the band of travelers arrives in Egypt where the Americans are paired with local Egyptians just as diverse as they are. What happens when a retired school teacher and her husband are united with a young Egyptian revolutionary? Two photo journalists from different countries and experiences are placed together? A Christian missionary and a former Miss Kentucky from his congregation are joined with an orthodox Muslim family where the mother covers her face? The answers are provocative, surprising, funny, magical, emotional, revealing, enlightening and ultimately life-changing — in other words, all things human — in this profoundly original and inspirational feature-length documentary.… Expand

Director: Ingrid Serban

Genre(s): Adventure, Drama, Comedy, Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 98 min

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Kimber Myers

Jun 6, 2019

There’s nothing particularly sophisticated about the filmmaking in Free Trip to Egypt, but first-time feature director Ingrid Serban succeeds in telling a simple story in a simple fashion, and it’s an effectively moving effort. Read full review

Liam Lacey

Aug 1, 2019

For anyone who has endured a long bus journey with strangers, it will be no surprise that there was more conflict among the Americans than between them and the Egyptians Read full review

John DeFore

May 31, 2019

To a person, Tarek's beneficiaries come home feeling changed by the experience. Unfortunately, he and Serban aren't so gauche as to ask if they've reevaluated any political stances as a result; the film is content with the unspoken assumption that this expanded awareness of shared humanity will make the world better. If only someone had the budget to send tens of millions of other frightened Westerners on similar trips. Read full review

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