Induced Labor
An Egyptian couple’s frantic bid for an American-born child turns visa anxiety, pregnancy, and criminal improvisation into pointed social farce.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Mild
- witty
- frantic
- satirical
- casual movie night
- arabic cinema night
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The couple pursues an accelerated birth so their child can be born on American soil and obtain citizenship.
The visa process and desire to secure a future abroad drive the couple's risky plan.
Pregnancy and induced labor are combined with robbery and bank-heist keywords in the film's premise.
The unborn son's prospective American citizenship motivates the couple's escalating decisions.
Films like Induced Labor, and why
The Other Side of the Door
social comedy built around desperate family plans, immigration pressure, and escalating farce
The Band's Visit
warm ensemble comedy combining domestic conflict, economic anxiety, and outlandish criminal complications
The Square
family-centered satire about ordinary people improvising against bureaucratic and social constraints
Movie Details
- Director
- Khaled Diab
- Release Date
- 2018-01-03
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Rating
- 6.4 / 10 (22)
Cast
- Maged El Kedwany
- Horeya Farghaly
- Mostafa Khater
- Sayed Ragab
- Mai Kassab
- Bayoumi Fouad
- Abdul Rahman Abu Zahra
- Inam Salusah
- Mohamed Farag
- Nejib Belhassen
Common questions
- What is Induced Labor about?
- An Egyptian couple’s frantic bid for an American-born child turns visa anxiety, pregnancy, and criminal improvisation into pointed social farce.
- What is Induced Labor like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Induced Labor as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Induced Labor violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Induced Labor as mild.
- Which films are like Induced Labor?
- Films with a similar feel include The Other Side of the Door, The Band's Visit, and The Square.
- How long is Induced Labor?
- Induced Labor runs 90 minutes.
