The ultimate '80s hustle: build your own prison, then get locked out of paradise.
Set in the 1980s, a landlord promises people to give each and every one of them an apartment if they help with the construction work. When the building is all set up, though, it turns out that he is a fraud.
Acting
Fouad Al-Mohandes delivers iconic charismatic villainy.
Writing
Sharp satire of '80s Egyptian economic desperation.
Director
Ibrahim Al Shaqanqiry
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during Egypt's Infitah economic opening, the film weaponizes comedy against false capitalist promises. The building itself became a real Cairo landmark fans still visit.
Director Ibrahim Al Shaqanqiry allegedly based the script on actual 1970s housing scams. Fouad Al-Mohandes refused payment until he met real victims to 'steal their disappointment.'
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