Fake rabies for sick leave? Peak 80s Egyptian workplace chaos.
Awni's father gets him a job giving music lessons to his manager's daughter Nihad. As Awni forms a band with his friends to perform in nightclubs, their attempt to get time off to work in Alexandria leads Samir to suggest that they let themselves be bitten by a dog to take sick leave.
Acting
Samir Ghanem's deadpan scammer energy steals every scene.
Production
Alexandria nightclub scenes drip with authentic 80s Cairo glamour.
Director
Hasan El-Saifi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This captures a specific moment when white-collar Egyptian youth embraced Western-style band culture while navigating rigid bureaucratic structures.
Hussein Fahmy and Sohier Ramzy were real-life romantic partners during filming, adding unintentional tension to their on-screen class-clash dynamic.
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