A bureaucratic nightmare in Cairo where paperwork becomes existential comedy.
Snossi and his wife travel to Cairo, where he wants to present his research to the minister before he signs a contract for the same research with another foreign party, Snossi and his wife ran into different kinds of problems in Cairo.
Acting
Mohamed Sobhi's perfectly calibrated frustration as everyman Snoussi.
Direction
Omar Abdel Aziz captures Cairo's beautiful madness without romanticizing it.
Director
Omar Abdel Aziz
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Egypt's Infitah era, the film satirizes Sadat-era corruption that let foreign capital override local expertise.
Souad Nasr improvised most of her market scenes; the real Cairo crowds had no idea they were in a movie.
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