Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- None
- wistful
- intimate
- mysterious
- quiet evening
- romantic movie night
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Yehia and Nagwa investigate the absent ex-tenant Tahany after discovering that her spirit remains in the Heliopolis apartment.
Nagwa's hope of finding Tahany and Yehia's growing involvement turn a search for another woman into a wistful emotional bond.
Nagwa arrives from Menya while Yehia lives and works in Cairo's Heliopolis suburb, making geographic and social displacement central to their journey.
The rented Heliopolis apartment links Yehia's practical professional life with Tahany's lingering supernatural presence.
Films like In the Heliopolis Flat, and why
The Lake House
shared romantic drama, ghostly mystery, and emotionally reflective search for a missing or unreachable woman
Truly, Madly, Deeply
shared wistful romance, supernatural premise, and urban investigation shaped by longing and memory
The Yacoubian Building
shared Egyptian romance, social observation, and intimate exploration of Cairo relationships
Movie Details
- Director
- Mohamed Khan
- Release Date
- 2007-03-14
- Runtime
- 118 min
- Rating
- 6.7 / 10 (23)
Cast
- Khaled Abol Naga
- Ghada Adel
- Aaidah Riyadh
- Ahmad Rateb
- Youssef Daoud
- Marwa Hussein
- Salah Ayman
- Donia Massoud
- Buthayana Kamel
- Mohamed Nasser Ali
Common questions
- What is In the Heliopolis Flat about?
- A Cairo investment worker and a rural woman follow the traces of a ghostly former tenant, discovering that the search unsettles their own ideas of love and belonging.
- What is In the Heliopolis Flat like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of In the Heliopolis Flat as measured, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as layered.
- Is In the Heliopolis Flat violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in In the Heliopolis Flat.
- Which films are like In the Heliopolis Flat?
- Films with a similar feel include The Lake House, Truly, Madly, Deeply, and The Yacoubian Building.
- How long is In the Heliopolis Flat?
- In the Heliopolis Flat runs 118 minutes.
