Sheikh Hosny is a blind man who lives with his old mother and his frustrated son in the Kit Kat neighborhood. His son Youssef dreams of going to Europe to find work, and has a relationship with a divorced woman named Fatima. Sheikh Hosny refuses to admit his handicap and dreams of riding a motorcycle like every sighted person, he also spends his nights smoking marijuana with the locals in order to forget his miseries after the loss of his wife and selling his father’s house. He knows everything about his neighbors and their secrets and love affairs. |
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Ratings: | IMDB: 8.2/10 | |
Released: | January 1, 1991 | |
Runtime: | 129 min | |
Genres: | Drama Romance Comedy | |
Companies: | Studio Misr Egyptian General Company for International Film Production | |
Cast: | Mahmoud Abdel Aziz Sherif Mounir Nagah El-Mogui Ayda Reyad | |
Crew: | Daoud Abdel Sayed | |
Rasnac : One of my most favourite Jarmusch movies. Must have watched it 3-4 times now over the year...