Playing with Giants
1991 1h 40m movie Film

Playing with Giants

اللعب مع الكبار

“Al Laeb Ma'a Al Kebar”

Synopsis

اللعب مع الكبار

“Al Laeb Ma'a Al Kebar”

When Hassan Bahlal, a young unemployed man, calls the National Security Agency to report a fire that is to break out in a factory the next day, a new chapter in Hassan's life begins as he tells the officer he has foreseen the incident in a dream.

The 1990–1992 Other Asia Window

15 Other Asia films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Playing with Giants sits at position #7.

  1. Close-Up
    #1

    Close-Up

    ★ 7.9 · 1990

  2. Mother
    #2

    Mother

    ★ 7.9 · 1990

  3. Life, and Nothing More…
    #3

    Life, and Nothing More…

    ★ 7.7 · 1992

  4. Terrorism and Kebab
    #4

    Terrorism and Kebab

    ★ 7.7 · 1992

  5. Kit Kat
    #5

    Kit Kat

    ★ 7.6 · 1991

  6. The Traveler
    #6

    The Traveler

    ★ 7.5 · 1992

  7. Playing with Giants

    #7

    Playing with Giants

    ★ 7.3 · 1991

  8. Hamoon
    #8

    Hamoon

    ★ 7.2 · 1990

The 1990s Other Asia Landscape

Catalog density by release year in the 1990s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Playing with Giants premiered. 53 total titles in this decade from Other Asia.

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Reception Benchmarks

7.3
TMDB Rating
10
Audience Reviews
Highly Rated
Critical Tier

Ranked #124 of 547 Other Asia films indexed here (77th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +0.7 points above the Other Asia average of 6.6/10.

Among Other Asia Drama productions specifically: #93 of 356 (top 26%).

Production Details

Primary Country Other Asia
All Production Countries Egypt
Original Language Arabic
Runtime 1h 40m
Release Date June 22, 1991
IMDb tt1527057

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