The Kit Kat

The Kit Kat (Egyptian Arabic: الكيت كات, romanized: al-kīt kāt) is a 1991 Egyptian comedy that revolves around Sheikh Hosni, played by Mahmoud Abdel Aziz,[1] a blind man living in the Al-Kit Kat neighborhood in Giza, Egypt. Sheikh Hosni lives with his mother and son and spends his days dreaming of riding a motorcycle and smoking Hashish. He does this to cope with his life as a blind man and the loss of his wife.[2]

For other uses of "Kit Kat", see Kit Kat (disambiguation).
Al-Kit Kat
Egyptian poster
الكيت كات
Directed byDaoud Abdel Sayed
Written byDaoud Abdel Sayed
Based onMalek al-Hazin (The Heron)
by Ibrahim Aslan
Produced byHussein el Qala
StarringMahmoud Abdel Aziz
Amina Rizk
Sherif Mounir
Aida Reyad
Nagah El-Mogui
Ali Hassanein
Ahmed Kamal
CinematographyMohsen Ahmed
Edited byAdel Monir
Music byRageh Dawoud
Sayed Mekawy
Ibrahim Rajab
Production
companies
Egyptian General Company for International Film Production
Studio Misr
al-Alamia pour la Télévision et le Cinéma
Release date
  • September 9, 1991 (1991-09-09)
Running time
128 minutes
CountryEgypt
LanguageEgyptian Arabic

Director

The movie is directed by Daoud Abdel Sayed, Egyptian Film director and screenwriter.[3] He won several awards for his work in film. He won best director for Al-Kit Kat at the Biennale Des Cinemas Arabes in Paris, France and also at the Damascus Film Festival in Syria in the year 1992. He graduated in 1967 from the Higher Film Institute in Cairo, Egypt and went on to work as a director and assistant in many critically acclaimed Arabic films. Al-Kit Kat is unlike any other Arab film; it showcases the despair and struggles of the characters under the guise of comedy and laughter.[4]

Plot

Sheikh Hosni, the film's main character and protagonist, lives with his son Youssef and his old mother following his wife's death. His son dreams of leaving Egypt to find work in Europe – and he plans to achieve this by convincing his father to sell the house – and he has an affair with a recently divorced woman named Fatima, who also lives in the Kit Kat neighborhood. Sheikh Hosni refuses to accept his blindness as a setback, and dreams of riding a motorcycle one day like any person would. To his son's dismay, he had already sold the house to a drug dealer. He spends most of his nights trying to forget his miserable reality with other residents of the Kit Kat neighborhood smoking hashish. He knows all the gossip of the neighborhood and its residents’ secrets. Ultimately, Sheikh Hosni is shown to be riding a Vespa in a crowded neighborhood.[5]

Cast

References
  1. Terri., Ginsberg (2010). Historical dictionary of Middle Eastern cinema. Lippard, Chris. Lanham: Scarecrow Press. p. 3. ISBN 9780810873643. OCLC 663461102.
  2. "Kit Kat". 1 January 2000. Retrieved 20 June 2016 – via IMDb.
  3. Dixon, Wheeler W. (30 March 2018). A short history of film. Foster, Gwendolyn Audrey. (Third ed.). New Brunswick, N.J. ISBN 9780813595146. OCLC 1029759754.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. Kassicieh, Lena (20 August 2014). "5 Must-See Classic Egyptian Films". Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  5. "Kit Kat". Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  6. "A Blog Featuring Arab Film and Related Matters - Blog - Al-Kitkat (1991): Soaring above the Doldrums". Retrieved 20 June 2016.
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