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The Impossible

Drama1h 49m

🍅81%

🍅

81%

Tomatometer

🍿

84%

Popcornmeter

7.4

TMDB

Storyline

Helmy's father forces him to marry someone he doesn't love. When his father dies, Helmy decides to break free. He meets Nany, the gentle helpless girl, then he meets the lawyer Fatima, a liberal who claims to be cultured.

Trailers

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فيلم المستحيل | نادية لطفي - كمال الشناوي | دراما نفسية من روائع حسين كمال

Details

DirectorHussein Kamal

ReleasedJan 2, 1965

StatusReleased

Original languageArabic

Budget

Not disclosed

Revenue

Not disclosed

Parental guideNot rated

Studio

الشركة العامة للإنتاج السينمائي العربي

Cast

Kamal Al-Shennawi

Kamal Al-Shennawi

حلمي

Nadia Lotfi

Nadia Lotfi

ناني

Sanaa Gamil

Sanaa Gamil

فاطمة

Salah Mansour

Salah Mansour

عزيز

Karima Mokhtar

Karima Mokhtar

أمينة

Malak el-Gamal

Malak el-Gamal

Fatheia Shahin

Fatheia Shahin

Inaas Abd Allah

Inaas Abd Allah

طفلة

Mostafa Rashwan

طفل

Reviews

8 reviews · 7 critics

6 fresh · 1 rotten

Critics consensus

“The screenplay isn't quite as powerful as the direction or the acting, but with such an astonishing real-life story at its center, The Impossible is never less than compelling.”

81% TomatometerRotten Tomatoes

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Shubhra Gupta

RTThe Indian ExpressMar 21, 2019

[The Impossible] shows us devastation, yes, unbelievable havoc, yes, horrific human loss, yes. But also, exemplary courage and love and compassion, all done with freshness and feeling.

L

Larushka Ivan-Zadeh

RTmetro.co.ukSep 1, 2017

A heart-wrenchingly tense survival drama based on 'an incredible true story' of a far more 'homely' looking Spanish family, this is a cut above 1990s eco-disaster movies such as Dante's Peak.

D

David Denby

RTThe New YorkerJan 28, 2013

Alas, the movie tells a rather commonplace story.

M

Matt Oakes

RTSilver Screen Riot5 days ago

[The Impossible is] a riveting narrative anchored by strong performances with a masterful flair of visual realism and a slightly unfortunate tendency to sway towards the over-dramatic.

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Information

Title

The Impossible

Released

Jan 2, 1965

Rated

Not rated

Region of Origin

Egypt

Original Audio

Arabic

Runtime

1h 49m

Status

Released

Studio

الشركة العامة للإنتاج السينمائي العربي

20th Century Women