This film is listed as a comedy. I just don’t see it. It also won a Cannes award, which totally baffles me.
The first thing I notice is how deplorable are the conditions these people are living. It’s not just the main family the story is about, but the whole area. It looks like a junkyard-war zone. This is suppose to be representing Egypt! It took me awhile to realize the main female character in story is not a servant, but the wife. The treatment of this women is appalling. During a birthday party for one of his sons the father-husband is turned into a chicken by a magician. The guy cannot figure out how to turn him back, so he stays a chicken. The woman applies to all sorts to try to magic her husband back. One scene is so disgusting I suggest if you watch this, don`t be eating. The story keeps going downhill as the woman with multiple children does not have the money to even keep her dump of a home. No giggles for me in this one. Other cultures must REALLY have a very different sense of humor. Do yourself a favor and just pass this up.