'Uprooted' - A MiamisFF Review On Ukraine
'Uprooted' is a short film on what's happening in Ukraine as of today. This captures the emotions of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Kit Kat
Sheikh Hosny is a blind man who lives with his old mother and his frustrated son in the Kit Kat neighborhood. His son Youssef dreams of going to Europe to find work, and has a relationship with a divorced woman named Fatima. Sheikh Hosny refuses to admit his handicap and dreams of riding a motorcycle like every sighted person, he also spends his nights smoking hash with the locals in order to forget his miseries after the loss of his wife and selling his father's house.
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Sheikh Hosny is a blind man who lives with his old mother and his frustrated son in the Kit Kat neighborhood. His son Youssef dreams of going to Europe to find work, and has a relationship with a divorced woman named Fatima. Sheikh Hosny refuses to admit his handicap and dreams of riding a motorcycle like every sighted person, he also spends his nights smoking hash with the locals in order to forget his miseries after the loss of his wife and selling his father's house.
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Genre:Comedy, Drama
Written By:Daoud Abdel Sayed
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Runtime:130 minutes
Studio:Studio Misr, Egyptian General Company for International Film Production, Tamido Film Production and Distribution (Medhat El-Sherif)
Cast
Daoud Abdel Sayed
Director
Mahmoud Abdel Aziz
Sheikh Hosny
Sherif Mounir
Youssef
Aaidah Riyadh
Fatima
Nagah El-Mogui
Al Haram
Ahmed Kamal
Suliman
Ahmed Sami Abdallah
Megahed
Amina Rizk
Sheikh Hosny's mother
Ali Hassanein
Sheikh Abied
Othman Abdel Monem
Attiya
Galeela Mahmoud
Fathia - wife of Usta Hassan
Gehan Nasr
Rawayeh
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