Synopsis
هليوبوليس
8 characters skew lifelines that never really intersect in the suburb of Heliopolis in Cairo within a frame of time of 24 hours all in a very stagnant state and never achieving goals.
The 2009–2011 Other Asia Window
Heliopolis holds position #19 of 60 Other Asia films in the 2009–2011 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s Other Asia Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Other Asia, 226 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Heliopolis premiered alongside 18 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 18 other Other Asia films in 2010.
The 247th Other Asia title from Other Asia we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1949).
Our Other Asia catalog contains 547 titles in total (522 films).
Audience Engagement
10 audience reviews — more than 10% of Other Asia films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 31th percentile among Other Asia films.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #150 of 547 Other Asia films indexed here (73rd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.6 points above the Other Asia average of 6.6/10.
Among Other Asia Drama productions specifically: #113 of 356 (top 32%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Other Asia |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Egypt |
| Original Language | Arabic |
| Runtime | 1h 36m |
| Release Date | April 28, 2010 |
| IMDb | tt1454718 |
| Official Site | heliopolisfilm.com |







