A script rehearsal becomes real-life chaos when fiction hijacks reality.
An amateur actor is practicing the lines of a script for a role he is auditioning for. Little does he realize that the seemingly ordinary lines he is rehearsing would soon intertwine with a series of chaotic events.
Writing
Script-within-script layers that collapse beautifully into farce.
Acting
Yasser Fathy's escalating panic is physically uncomfortable in the best way.
Director
Adham Enawy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Adham Enawy shot this in a single location with natural lighting to emphasize the claustrophobic spiral.
The title's broken phone grammar ('Mariam, I'm Not The Reason') mirrors Ibrahim's fractured grip on reality — he's performing denial before he even understands what he's denying.
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