Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story
2009 2h 14m movie Film

Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story

احكي يا شهرزاد

Synopsis

احكي يا شهرزاد

Heba is a TV presenter interested in broadcasting stories that touch on the everyday secret lives of women and the social injustices they face. Her frank style in broadcasting puts her husband's job and consequently her marriage in jeopardy.

The 2008–2010 Other Asia Window

Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story holds position #18 of 52 Other Asia films in the 2008–2010 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

  1. Prophet Joseph
    #1

    Prophet Joseph

    ★ 7.9 · 2009
  2. The White Meadows
    #2

    The White Meadows

    ★ 7.8 · 2009
  3. Bittersweet
    #3

    Bittersweet

    ★ 7.5 · 2010
  4. The Song of Sparrows
    #4

    The Song of Sparrows

    ★ 7.5 · 2008
  5. About Elly
    #5

    About Elly

    ★ 7.4 · 2009
  6. Ibrahim El-Abyad
    #6

    Ibrahim El-Abyad

    ★ 7.4 · 2009
  7. Light of My Eyes
    #7

    Light of My Eyes

    ★ 7.2 · 2010
  8. The Kingdom of Solomon
    #8

    The Kingdom of Solomon

    ★ 7.2 · 2010

The 2000s Other Asia Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in Other Asia, 130 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story premiered alongside 14 others.

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 14 other Other Asia films in 2009.

The 233rd 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

24
Reviews
68th
Review-volume percentile
48th
Popularity percentile

24 audience reviews — more than 68% of Other Asia films in our index.

Review volume (68th percentile) outruns trending popularity (48th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.

Reception Benchmarks

6.8
TMDB Rating
24
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

Ranked #238 of 547 Other Asia films indexed here (56th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +0.2 points above the Other Asia average of 6.6/10.

Among Other Asia Drama productions specifically: #181 of 356 (top 51%).

Production Details

Primary CountryOther Asia
All Production CountriesEgypt
Original LanguageArabic
Production CompaniesMisr Cinema Company
Runtime2h 14m
Release DateJune 24, 2009
IMDbtt1473149