Ashour, Salaah’s father, runs his school with severity and cruelty. after Ashour's death, Salah inherits the job and lets Sayed, his deputy, take charge. Hussein the teacher makes a great effort to guide Salah to succeed in managing the school and achieve good results, while salah is dealing with his trust issues and his need to prove himself by getting out of his father's shadow. with the help of Hussien, his girlfriend Wafaa, and his two friends Atef and Lemby .. can he run the school his own way?
Acting
Alaa Wali El Din playing father, son, AND grandmother—triple the talent.
Writing
Sharp dialogue balancing slapstick with genuine emotional beats.
Costume
Gawaher's iconic looks—grandmother drag done devastatingly well.
Director
Sherif Arafa
Alaa Wali El Din
Ashoor / Salah / Gawaher
Hesham Selim
Hussien
Hassan Hosny
Mr. Said
Ahmed Helmy
Atef
Mohamed Saad
El Lemby
Basma
Wafaa
Sami Sarhan
Mr. Nazmy
Soliman Eid
Rasmy
Hanan ElTaweil
Miss Enshraah
Youssef Eid
Zakaria EL Dardiri
Mohamed Youssef
Atef's Father
Hagag Abdel Azim
Mr. Hossam
Hatem Gamil
Wael
Husain Abu-Haggag
Mekha
Karim Mahmoud Abdel Aziz
Nabil the loving student
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Alaa Wali El Din died tragically young in 2003; this remains one of his most beloved showcases of range.
The film satirizes Egypt's rigid educational bureaucracy while celebrating the informal networks that actually keep institutions running—very 2000s Cairo.
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