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| Our Blessed Aunt | |
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| ست الستات | |
| Directed by | Raafat el-Mehi |
| Written by | Raafat el-Mehi |
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| Starring | |
| 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 |
Our Blessed Aunt (Arabic: ست الستات, transliterated as Sett al-Settat) is an Egyptian comedy, 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.
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 after 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” and sometimes as “sitt” …Here we monitor ten films using the word “sitt” from the earliest days of the silver screen to today.
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.