One grocer, two identities, infinite chaos — Egypt's golden age comedy at its most unhinged.
Abbas Al-Aflatouni (Ismail Yassin), the grocer, went to Alexandria to redeem an olive message, anchovy, and cheese. Fleming arrived at him from Greece, and he was late and went to Locanda to reside there, but he did not find an empty room. Abbas Al-Platoni, the lawyer thought it the famous star, and was welcomed by the Locanda workers everywhere he goes, and the guest Hilal Bey Moon (Abdul Nabi Muhammad) watched him seeking the accompaniment of celebrities and their pride.
Acting
Ismail Yasseen's dual chaos — grocer vs. 'star'.
Costume
Visual class comedy through 60s Alexandria fashion.
Director
ElSayed Bedir
Ismail Yasseen
عباس الافلاطوني - البقال
Tahiya Cariocca
نجمة هلال القمر
Mahmoud El Meligy
عباس الافلاطوني - المحامى
Stephan Rosti
جودت بيه ضلمه
Gamalat Zayed
الخادمة لواحظ
Abd El Nabi Mohamed
هلال بيه القمر
Zaki Ibrahim
Eskandar Mansy
Fahmy Amman
شديد عبدالقوي
Afaf Shaker
هدى
Mary Ezz El Din
سرايات هانم
Kawthar Ramzy
عشيقة عباس المحامي
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Adapts a theatrical hit (مسرحية) reflecting 1960s Egypt's obsession with Mediterranean cosmopolitanism and imported stardom.
Stephan Rosti — playing the actual elite Joudat Bey — was himself Cairo's most famous foreign-born character actor, meta-layering the class commentary.
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