When Omar Sharif decides to perform in whatever movie, people just rush to theaters to manage to get a ticket, to save their place to watch him before anyone else takes that place and god knows how many want to get that place.
It is the second week now and theaters are just full not only at peak hours but all day long.
And how couldn't they be? Omar Sharif has returned to Egyptian cinema after years of absence.
Not only he returned to perform in an Egyptian movie but another major Egyptian actor is co-starring in the same movie, Mr. Adel Emam.
Adel Emam is known for his black comedy movies that state dramatic realities in comedy molds.
The movie is written by Yusuf Meaty, a famous writer and journalist.
“Hassan & Morkos” states the reality of the Coptic - Muslim relationship in Egypt.
It shows the different points of view about that relationship according to different layers of the Egyptian community.
The movie genre is of course comedy. Most writers in Egypt tend to write their scripts to be a comedy because they believe that it is the most appealing genre for the majority of the Egyptian people.
I really wished that it weren't a comedy though. The issue discussed in that movie should have been more realistic and intense to describe the real deal not just stating a vague situation.
Actually I wasn't satisfied. I expected a lot more concerning the script and the making.
The thing that really made me like this movie overall is Omar Sharif's performance.
What an outstanding performance by the icon.
Honestly I didn't think he would perform in such a perfect way but even though I am in fact a huge fan, he did surprise me.
The movie plot is about two religious men, one is a Muslim sheikh “Omar Sharif” and the other is a Christian preacher “Adel Emam” and their families.
They were both threatened by the fanatics in both religions and in order to protect them, the government decided to give them fake identities of opposite religions and relocate them.
They accidently meet and a love relationship is formed between the two families as each one thought that the other has the same religion.
Another love story is formed between the Christian family son and the Muslim family daughter.
The whole movie is a pure comedy until every family knows the truth. The whole thing then turns into a drama and here comes the end which for sure wasn't the smartest thing to do.
Another scene that I didn't get is when the truth is discovered the sheikh's wife wore “nekab” which is the strictest form of Islamic outfits.
She wasn't wearing this outfit in the beginning of the movie. She was wearing a normal “hijab” which is the simplest form of the Islamic outfit.
So all of a sudden she decided to wear this when she discovered the truth about the other family!!!
In the end I'd like to say that the movie has tried to state a truth untold which is something all writers should be doing.
Enjoy the joyful performance.
