A man finds himself stuck in a mysterious time loop, reliving the same day again and again. As the cycle repeats, he is forced to confront his daily routines, question his relationships, and search for meaning in a world that refuses to change.
Acting
Ahmed Helmy's physical comedy in repeated scenes never gets old.
Writing
Loop logic that actually rewards paying attention.
Production
Cairo location work captures specific pre-revolution texture.
Director
Ahmed Nader Galal
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released two years before the 2011 revolution, the film's trapped-in-endless-cycles metaphor became accidentally political. Egyptian audiences now read it as prescient social commentary.
Ahmed Helmy performed the repeated-morning sequence 47 times across filming, deliberately varying micro-expressions so rewatches reward close viewing.
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