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Mahmoud Hemida, Lebleba, Amr Waked, Sari Al Nagar, Saleh Fahmi ... see more see more... , Caroline Kalil , Menha Al Batrawi , Maged Kedwani

A dead man helps to clarify the personality differences between the rich and the poor in this comedy from Egypt. Tabl (Mahmoud Hamida) is a street person who likes drugs, liquor and carousing -- or at... read more read more... least he does when he has the money. One day, while hanging out with his friends at a bar, Tabl dies of an overdose; his buddies are genuinely upset, though one manages to get past his mourning just long enough to swipe Tabl's gold teeth. Hobba (Lebleba), Tabl's girlfriend, decides his body should be returned to the wife and child he abandoned a decade ago. However, when Hobba and her friends finally track down Tabl's family, they're treated with bourgeois disgust and the main topic of conversation is the cost of the funeral. When Hobba and the others hold an impromptu wake for Tabl, they finish out the evening so drunk they kidnap Tabl's body to show him a good time, and after a while they seem unaware that he's dead. This logic is extended by Tabl's daughter, who notes that if there's dignity in death, than by all logic Tabl is still alive. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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Donald J. Levit
July 24, 2004
Donald J. Levit, ReelTalk Movie Reviews

The talent and vision of filmmaker Fawzi and his staff are what carry this movie beyond a simple elaborate joke. Full Review

Phil Hall
December 8, 2002
Phil Hall, Film Threat

Coarse, raucous Egyptian drama on a wake for a pimp. Full Review

James Kendrick
May 22, 2001
James Kendrick, Q Network Film Desk

The tone of the film is wildly (perhaps purposefully) uneven. Full Review

Deborah Young
May 28, 2009
Deborah Young, Variety

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J. R. Jones
January 20, 2004
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader

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Stephen Holden
May 22, 2001
Stephen Holden, New York Times

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