This film is one of the best Egyptian movies in the history, i watch this movie since 2008 till now and never felt bored, it's really amazing movie, love it so much and Ahmed Helmy is super,unique as usual.
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The Egyptian Legend Ahmed Helmi
mostafa_zizo13 September 2018
Keep it up!
omar_ahmed-8390613 October 2018
An absolute masterpiece
Sherlemious12 October 2020
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This is a really late review, but I think it just had to be done. I don't usually write reviews for Arabic movies, but this movie is the one and the only ever Egyptian movie deserving of a 9 or even a possible 10. What it takes a movie to deserve such a rating, is being absolutely flawless, and changing the world of cinema forever. I think that this movie will be taught for future filmmakers for years to come due to the simplicity of the details yet coming up with such a beautifully curated big picture.
I'll start this with talking about the excellent foreshadowing to what we all should've seen coming but probably never did. This happened a lot. It started when Hassan told his father to close the balcony's door, which explains why his mother scolded him for always leaving it open. His dad was never there for closing it in the first place. In the beach scene, he told Farida to catch a stone he threw into the air, the camera then transitions into a stone on the ground-only scene where this relays the importance of such a trivial detail. When playing Squash with his dad, Hassan was told that he was like a Squash game, he's got 2 players on the inside playing against each other. This referred to his dad, and Farida. What I'm not 100% sure about though is whether his mother was always dead or not. However, I'll assume this statement referred to his dad and Farida which means his mother was still alive at the time.
Like everything else, Hassan's head always created the imaginary conversations where loopholes were always hard to find. This starts when he tells Farida that he isn't free to give her the money. She then suggests her taking his number instead of the opposite. This is important as there's no way he'd know her real number. One call to the wrong number and he's awake from his beautiful dream. There could've been some plotholes in his own dream but there wasn't any which is okay as it was well established how smart he is.
A couple of details were explaining where he was as a person throughout the movie. In his lowest state, he breaks down the motorcycle's model he built as a kid. He then makes a much better on in the mental hospital. This shows that he was mentally recovering.
Farida was always the person he wanted to be but never was. He said it himself when he said that she did everything that he always was afraid to do. He used her as a motive to become a better person, one that fits in the society he always hated even though we don't know if this society hated him back. She "made" him do stuff he never did but always wanted to do. It is also portrayed how he started changing with no motivation from her when they were riding his motorcycle and he was the one who told her to stand up. He was starting to change to become someone who can choose on his own what he wants to be.
One really important scene in the movie was when he got her flowers. She is happy he got her flowers but refuses taking it. This is clearly shown when he offers her the flowers. This would've just a normal reaction until he asked her why she didn't take it. We all know the reason. She isn't real and if she does take them they're just gonna fall and he realises the truth. This detail shows how good the writer is. He managed to make the audience ask the question, "Why?". But still manages to let her run away from the question by answering with a personal question that hits deep, "Have you got no friends?" Why didn't she answer that. That could've been a normal reaction really, but after we all got to know the truth, we realised how well written this masterpiece of a scene was.
The whole movie was a metaphorical portrayal of what a person goes through when they just keep on living in the past refusing to move forward. And how hard it is to change to become the person you want to be. This movie is full of hidden meaningful messages but I'm not gonna go deep into them.
The comedy is genuine. It's simple and isn't cringy. It's just okay. The kind of comedy u expect in such a dramatic movie.
The song choice was on point.
Farida means unique or different or one of a kind. This is how he saw the girl he liked. She wasn't what she really was. She was what he thought she was, one of a kind. She was, however, similar cuz as she said, they always met.
The acting. Man, this was perfect. Ahmed Helmy honestly deserved an Oscar for this one. If Joaquin Phoenix deserved an oscar for the joker then Helmy deserved an oscar for this. Menna Shalaby's acting was on point too. The actors got great chemistry that just works so good.
The soundtracks were great. The photography was great.
This is always gonna be my favourite Egyptian movie of all time.
Not a single fail detected
hossammouse23 November 2019
One of the best movies
monique13322 September 2020
Thriller, mystery, Drama and Comedy movie
msksksg2 April 2021
The best Egyptian movie ever, I watched it many times, amazes me everytime, never fails to attract my attention, steal my heart. Hope I find more similar masterpieces.
If you are fascinated by Shutter Island, Sixth Sense and The Others, you will like it.
If you are fascinated by Shutter Island, Sixth Sense and The Others, you will like it.
emotional
Abdulrahman_Emara18 July 2018
Realy i swear this movie made me cry for 15 minutes and i think it broke my heart It is moving between comedy then empathy and sadness with Hassan which is having schizophrenia then surprised and happy at the end .
please watch it and enjoy..
made me laugh
jacksonmeddows8 May 2022
One of the best movies in Egyptian cinema
ziyadabouchair20 April 2020
A great movie from start to end. The amount of Comedy in proportion to the amount of Drama is just on point. Ahmed Helmy played a great character not failing once to deliver the intended feelings. Great secondary characters that could help the scene make your feelings get unintentionally out of you. And great sequence of the plot. Recommend the movie.
A mood changer
hassanhaweef22 May 2020
Very emotional with a great plot twist
mayarnaser-4425420 November 2020
masterpiece
biso_quarezma17 November 2020
boom
mmmaaawwwmmm16 January 2023
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Best film for Ahmed Helmy and one of the best 10 Egyptian movies in history. Scientifically perfect in details. Touchy, emotional and even funny I never get bored of watching this for 1000th time. Best film for Ahmed Helmy and one of the best 10 Egyptian movies in history. Scientifically perfect in details. Touchy, emotional and even funny I never get bored of watching this for 1000th timeBest film for Ahmed Helmy and one of the best 10 Egyptian movies in history. Scientifically perfect in details. Touchy, emotional and even funny I never get bored of watching this for 1000th timeBest film for Ahmed Helmy and one of the best 10 Egyptian movies in history. Scientifically perfect in details. Touchy, emotional and even funny I never get bored of watching this for 1000th time.
Comfortably one of the best Egyptian movies
memoelaiat7 July 2022
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I first saw this movie two days ago and when I talk about this movie , I talk about about a piece of art The actors' performance was insanely great , which proves that the chemistry between the cast members was great , Ayman Bahgat Qamar's scenario was one of a kind in Egypt , the details in this movie was drawn in a wonderful way , the decoration , places choice , scenes( that shows us that Hassan suffers from schizophrenia after his father's death and that farida isn't real ) were a very great result of the director and the decoration engineer great efforts , Comfortably When this movie is broadcasted on TV , I will watch it again because it worth rewatching and I mean every single word I say.
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