A man who can't decide anything accidentally overhears a murder plot. What could go wrong?
Azouz (Mohamed Sobhy) is a planning employee who lives alone in an apartment in the neighborhood of Zamalek. He is single and isolated from his neighbors. He has addressed 7 years to Suhair (Rawiya Saleh) and is distinguished by his inability to make a decision. The wrong way to a call between al-Hanash (Mahmoud al-Qalawi) and the teacher Sarsa to plan the murder of his neighbor Muhammad Abd al-Rahman (Naji Saad).
Acting
Sobhy's masterclass in indecisive physical comedy
Writing
Theater-honed dialogue packed with Egyptian wordplay
Production
Zamalek apartment as perfect pressure-cooker set
Director
Mohamed Sobhi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
El Mahzooz originated as a hit stage play, explaining its runtime and theatrical pacing that dominated Egyptian cinema in the 1980s.
Sobhy's Azouz became an archetype for the paralyzed Egyptian intellectual—too educated to act, too isolated to matter.
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