Dokkan Shehata

Let me say at once that Haifa Wehbe is a revelation in this film. She shone in her role at turns vampish, bewildered, attacked, loyal. I never realised what a fine actress she is.

This story of a shop bought after a lifetime of saving by a poor man is a microcosm of all that is wrong with tradition and morality in Egypt today. Jealousy, theft, underhand acts, internecine warfare within the family - all show up the deficiencies of modern Egypt that have been engendered by her dictators. The film is a salutary lesson and wake-up call to change, one that seemed to have succeeded with the ousting of Mubarak but reverted under the kleptocracy of Sisi. These external events make the film as relevant today as it was when it came out.

A definite recommend.