Professor Ramadan is a feared and well respected teacher in a village, forced to take a job in the city teaching at a private school. He soon realizes that most of his students are infatuated with a famous singer whom he tries to ban all mention of within the school, only to fall in love with her himself.
Acting
Henedi's physical comedy — the man commits to every pratfall.
Writing
The Minister of Education subplot is genuinely sharp satire.

Director
Wael Ehsan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Egypt's private school boom, it satirizes the nouveau riche families who'd hire village teachers for 'authenticity' while demanding European curriculums.
Cyrine Abdel Nour's casting was controversial — she was Lebanon's biggest star, and Egyptian critics called it 'imported romance.' She became a household name anyway.
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