Sorry to Disturb

Sorry to Disturb (Arabic: اسف على الإزعاج, romanized: ʾāsifun ʿalā l-ʾizʿāji) is a 2008 Egyptian film directed by Khaled Marei. It stars Ahmed Helmi as an young aviation engineer who feels lonely, out of place, and depressed. One day he meets a beautiful girl at a cafe (Menna Shalabi), and starts dating her. His life is turned upside down, as he learns that he has schizophrenia, and that he has been having visual hallucinations of his late father and his girlfriend.[1]

Sorry to Disturb
آسف على الإزعاج (in Arabic)
Directed byKhaled Marei
Written byAyman Bahgat Kamar
Produced byWalid Sabri
StarringAhmed Helmi
Menna Shalabi
Mahmoud Hamida
Dalal Abdel Aziz
CinematographyAhmad Yusuf
Music byAmr Ismail
Production
company
Brothers United for Cinema
Distributed byBrothers United for Cinema
Release date
  • 16 July 2008 (2008-07-16)
Running time
115 minutes
CountryEgypt
LanguageArabic
Box officeLE 15 million

Sorry to Disturb was one of the two highest-grossing films in Egypt of 2008, earning over LE 15 million.[2] The film won first prize at the Egyptian National film festival[3] and won the Dear Guest magazine award for best movie of 2008.[4] Helmi won the Egyptian Catholic Center Cinema Festival award for Best Actor for the third year running,[5] and the film won Best Film, Best Director, Best Script, and Best Production.[6]

The soundtrack includes "Don't Speak" by No Doubt and "Buddha Bar" by Wally Brill.

References
  1. Fahim, Joseph (25 July 2008). "THE REEL ESTATE: Helmy's best performance to date is not laughing matter". Daily News (Egypt). Retrieved 2009-07-06.
  2. Abdoun, Safaa (31 July 2008). "Egyptian films suffer during short summer season". Daily News (Egypt). Retrieved 2009-07-06.
  3. فيلم اسف على الإزعاج يقتنص الجائزة الأولى. Panet (in Arabic). 3 May 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-06.
  4. "DG Festival". Dear Guest magazine. March–April 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-06.
  5. MOHAMED OMAR / EPA (28 February 2009). "Egyptian actor Ahmed Helmy poses with his award for best actor". Picturedesk. Retrieved 2009-07-06.
  6. "Pack of cards". Al-Ahram Weekly. 5–11 March 2009. Archived from the original on 25 July 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-06.


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