Ashraf Hamdi

Parapsychologist Henry Wingrave looks back at three of his most disturbing encounters with the haunted spirits of the dead as he decides whether to conduct a dangerous and forbidden type of séance in this Egyptian supernatural thriller. Though his clients call it a gift, Wingrave's ability to contact the dead may be more of a curse, as his frequent interaction with these sometimes angry souls is starting to affect his own.

Cruel politics and intensive love. Najla (N) has just finished her medical studies in Rome. Sherko (S) conceals sick and injured partisans. Mokhtar (M) belongs to the dictator's police. S and M love N, N loves S. When she gets a letter from S that she must forget him, she returns to Kirkuk. As a doctor she can help S. Mokhtar follows her trail and S and N are arrested. S is tortured. N is beaten up and then offered the job as a police doctor, a reward for leading the police to S. She accepts because then she can collect and pass on the names of people murdered or tortured. She will attend many mass murders of women and children. Once she can save them by fabricating that a child has cholera, with greater risk of contamination if she is dead. – When M understands that he cannot win N's love, he smuggles both N and S out of the country. Fully aware of the consequences he distracts the border guards and is shot by them. Max Scharnberg, Stockholm, Sweden