Cinema
Kit Kat
الكيت كات
Daoud Abdel Sayed · 1991
Synopsis
In the Kit Kat district of Cairo, Sheikh Hosni, who is blind, lives with his old mother and his son Youssef. He refuses to admit his blindness, dreams of riding a motorbike, smokes hashish with the neighbours and knows all the secrets of the district. Youssef, who wants to emigrate to Europe, presses him to sell the family house; he does not know that his father has already sold it to the district's dealer.
Context
The film was released on 9 September 1991. Daoud Abdel Sayed wrote and directed it from a novel by Ibrahim Aslan, and Hussein al-Qalla produced it. Mahmoud Abdel Aziz plays Sheikh Hosni, Amina Rizk the mother, Sherif Mounir the son, Aida Riad Fatma and Nagah el-Mougui the trafficker. The characters' distress is expressed there under the cover of comedy.
Who it is for
A feature film of a little over two hours, in Egyptian Arabic, between comedy and drama, carried by its lead actor.
Prizes and reception
Prize for direction at the Damascus festival and at the Biennale of Arab Cinemas in Paris, in 1992.
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