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Al-Kit Kat (1991)

Al-Kit Kat poster
Original title
الكيت كات
Directed by
Daoud Abdel Sayed
Genre
drama film, comedy film
Country
Egypt
Runtime
2h 09m
Rating
7.4 of 10 from 39 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A blind man in a Cairo neighborhood spends his days dreaming of riding a motorcycle and smoking hashish. He lives with his mother and son, coping with his disability and the loss of his wife.

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What happens

The Kit Kat (Arabic: الكيت كات, romanized: al-kīt kāt) is a 1991 Egyptian comedy that revolves around Sheikh Hosni, played by Mahmoud Abdel Aziz, a blind man living in the Al-Kit Kat neighborhood in Giza, Egypt. Sheikh Hosni lives with his mother and son and spends his days dreaming of riding a motorcycle and smoking Hashish. He does this to cope with his life as a blind man and the loss of his wife. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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