The story follows a young man who gets to know a girl and causes her many problems. But when he's exposed to an accident, his life takes a drastic turn.
Acting
Dina El Sherbiny's eye-rolls deserve their own award.
Production
Cairo locations feel lived-in, not pretty postcard fake.
Writing
Dialogue zings between melodrama and genuine wit.
Director
Akram Farid
Dina El Sherbiny
دينا الشامي
Mostafa Khater
آدم عثمان / قدري
Bayoumi Fouad
البواب
Sawsan Badr
سكينة - والدة دينا
Sherif Desouqy
محمود الشامي - والد دينا
Fathy Abdel Wahab
عماد عبدالسلام
Ola Roshdy
مها
Ahmed Al Fishawy
شقيق أدم
Mostafa Abu Seriea
وكيل النيابة
Taher Abu Lela
الحرامي
Hamada Samaida
كاتب النيابة
Hana Zahran
بنت الجيران (طفلة)
Jana Salah
وفاء
Lella Fadda
يارا
Ayman Alkaysouni
سمير -طليق دينا
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Mostafa Khater was primarily known as a comedian before this; the dramatic turn surprised Egyptian audiences.
The film satirizes Cairo's class tensions through doorman-resident dynamics rarely centered in mainstream Egyptian rom-coms.
EG
