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Adel Imam | ... |
Zaki El Dessouki
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Nour El-Sherif | ... | |
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Youssra | ... |
Christine
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Essad Youniss | ... |
Dawlat El Dessouky
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Ahmed Bedir | ... |
Malaak
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Hend Sabri | ... |
Bothayna
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Khaled El Sawy | ... |
Hatem Rachid
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Khaled Saleh | ... |
Kamal El Fouly
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Ahmed Rateb | ... |
Fanous
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Somaya El Khashab | ... |
Soad
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Abd Raboh
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Mohamed Imam | ... |
Taha El Shazly
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Youseff Daoud | ... |
Fekry Abdel Shaheed
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Talaat Zakaria | ... |
Bar Owner
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Yehia El-Fakharany | ... |
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Cairo: a 70-year-old building of once-luxury flats with tenements on the roof. Zika, an aging libertine, feuds with his sister. Pius Haj Azzam takes a second wife, in secret, to satisfy sexual drive within religious bounds. Bothayna, poor and beautiful, supports her family, wanting to do so with dignity intact. Her former fiancé, Taha, the janitor's son, humiliated by the police, turns to fundamentalism. Hatem, a gay editor, seduces and corrupts a young man from the sticks. Two brothers, Copts, one a tailor and one Zika's factotum, connive for property. Allah is on most everyone's lips, and corruption is in their hearts. European values, both refined and worldly, provide a subtext. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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Release Date:
21 June 2006 (Egypt) See more »Also Known As:
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EGP 18,000,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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That's what I felt after watching that movie, it's really close to the society and the public's pulse, some overestimation is there but through comic frame, you'll enjoy watching that movie Marwan Hamed is not an ordinary director, he is one of the best around. i have never seen such a movie that tackles every issue in the Egyption society so honestly. it is a pure masterpiece and if i was running the Oscars then that movie will sure receive one. A movie so honest and directed, it is designed for all classes describing the social corruption in todays society - not only in Egypt but all around the world. if you miss this movie then you will spend your entire life regretting it so i advice every Arabic and non-Arabic speaker to watch the masterpiece and enjoy the art of this marvelous director whom i have a great respect for. two thumps up