Our Blessed Aunt
Our Blessed Aunt (Arabic: ست الستات, transliterated as Sett al-Settat) is an Egyptian drama film released on June 29, 1998. The film is directed and written by Raafat el-Mehi and stars Laila Elwi, Maged el-Masry, and Magda El-Khatib. The story concerns a young Abdelaziz, who returns to Cairo from another unspecified Arab country. Coming back to his aunt Fakiha's apartment, he discovers that it has become a brothel run by a madam who denies that she is related to him.
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| Directed by | Raafat el-Mehi |
| Written by | Raafat el-Mehi |
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| Cinematography | Ayman Abu el-Makarem |
| Edited by | Ahmed Daoud |
| Music by | Fathi al-Khamisi |
Production company | Studio 13 |
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Running time | 123 minutes |
| Country | Egypt |
| Language | Arabic |
Cast
- Laila Elwi (Lola)
- Maged el-Masry (Abdelaziz)
- Hassan Hosny (Hassan el-Demerdash)
- Magda El-Khatib (Basant Abdel-Al/Fakiha al-Sharnoubi/Sitt al-Satat)
- Entessar (Zeinab/Dudu)
- Ali Hassanein (Mamoun Hafez)
- Mukhles al-Buhairi (Major General Azzouz)
- Saeed al-Saleh (Fawzy, a paralegal)
- Ahmed Rizk (Hamada, a soldier)
- Abdulrahim El-Tanir (minister)
- Mohaja Abdelrahman (Sheikha Hosina)
- Diaa Abdel Khalek (taxi driver)
- Nashat Talaat
- Ahmed Saeed
- Najah Fahim
- Iman Wahba
- Youssef Abdelmaqsoud
- Hazem Fouad
- Laila Abdelhakim
- Hazem Mamdouh
- Jihan Wehbe
- Laila Helmy
- Moushira
- Azza Fouad
- Ismat Kamal
- Ahmed Samir
- Rasha Fouad
- Ahmed Bahloul
Synopsis
The comedy's protagonist Abdelaziz (Maged el-Masry) returns to Cairo from working in another unnamed Arab country. Going to the apartment of his aunt Fakiha (Magda el-Khatib), he discovers that it has become a brothel. Lola (Laila Elwi), one of the prostitutes there, tries to convince him to marry her. He has them make the place a pension, but they carry on their old profession anyway. Everyone is arrested, and Abdelaziz discovers a big surprise.
Legacy
Critic Nisreen al-Rashidi cited the film among others on the website 3ain, remarking that:
Egyptian cinema has presented women and dealt with their problems throughout its history, even addressing them by name, sometimes as “mara” [woman] and sometimes as “sitt” [lady]…Here we monitor ten films using the word “sitt” from the earliest days of the silver screen to today.[1]
External links
References
- Al-Rashidi, Nisreen (October 4, 2017). "حب وغرام وانتقام.. 10 أفلام انتصر فيها كيد الستات على الرجال". 3ain. Retrieved 6 June 2022.