Our Blessed Aunt


Our Blessed Aunt 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
  • Maged el-Masry
  • Hassan Hosny
  • Magda El-Khatib
  • Entessar
  • Ali Hassanein
  • Mukhles al-Buhairi
  • Saeed al-Saleh
  • Ahmed Rizk
  • Abdulrahim El-Tanir
  • Mohaja Abdelrahman
  • Diaa Abdel Khalek
  • 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 returns to Cairo after working in another unnamed Arab country. Going to the apartment of his aunt Fakiha, he discovers that it has become a brothel. Lola, 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.