Six friends, zero apartments, one brutal housing market — Cairo edition.
In a representation of the housing problem in Egypt, a group of friends reunited by their search for an apartment encounter different problems as Kamal is looking for a place to turn into an art studio and Sherif is trying to find a place where he and his wife can live.
Writing
Sharp social satire that still stings fifty years later.
Acting
Mahmoud Yassin and Nour El-Sherif's desperate bromance.
Director
Mohamed Fadel
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during Sadat's open-door policy, the film captured Cairo's middle-class panic as speculation exploded and affordable housing vanished.
Mervat Amin reportedly rewrote several of Mona's scenes to make her frustration more pointed — the original script softened her complaints.
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