Director Mohamed Diab received a message from actor Tom Hanks thanking him for the movie. Hanks said that the film should change the way the West looks at democracy and politics in the Middle East.
The scene by the motorway bridge was filmed at Cairo's biggest motorway and attracted genuine protestors. One member of the crew was injured, another had his vehicle badly damaged.
A mock-up of the van was built and used for six months of rehearsals, refining the script, adding and removing characters.
Official submission of Egypt for the 'Best Foreign Language Film' category of the 89th Academy Awards in 2017.
The camera never leaves the police van.
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