A man lets his horoscope pick his wife. Chaos ensues, obviously.
Fahmy is an ardent believer in horoscopes and manages his life according to them. When a fortune-teller convinces him that his life is connected to a Virgo who has a black birthmark, he discovers that the girl in question is Nana, his friend Adel's fiancée.
Acting
Adel Emam's early comedic timing already magnetic.
Costume
Peak 1970s Cairo fashion—wide collars, bigger drama.
Writing
Absurd premise played totally straight.
Director
Mahmoud Zulfiqar
Salah Zulfikar
فهمى فتح الله فتحى فتيحة
Nahed Sherif
لا لا
Adel Emam
أمين
Lebleba
الهام
Hussain Ismael
مدير عام شركة البطاطين
Fifi Youssef
زوجة حسين
Khadija Mahmoud
بائعة السجائر
Sanaa Younes
إحسان
Abdel Ghani El Nagdi
دجاجيل فلافيل
ElSayd Rady
خليل دياب - الطبيب النفسى)
Mokhtar Amin
حسين
Hussein Al Touni
إسماعيل
Abdel Moneim Abdel Rahman
على
Amira
أميرة
Farouq Falawkas
محامى
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This captures 1970s Egypt's fascination with Western astrology merging with traditional fatalism.
Salah Zulfikar's full character name—Fahmi Fathallah Fathi Fatiha—is a running gag about excess.
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