Underplayed Gems

Sayed El Atefy (2005)

Sayed El Atefy poster
Original title
سيد العاطفي
Directed by
Ali Ragab
Genre
comedy, romance, music
Country
Egypt
Runtime
2h
Rating
5.2 of 10 from 16 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A simple woman named Um Sayed works as a taxi driver and raises her son after his father's death. She loves the Al-Ahli football team and supports her son Sayed as he faces problems at university with his uncle, and she and her friends try to help him in a comedic concert.

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What happens

Sayed El Atefy (Arabic: سيد العاطفي; English: Sayed the Romantic) is an Egyptian film about a simple woman called Um Sayed (Abla Kamel) who raises her son after his father died. She works as a taxi driver, and a car picks up to face life's burdens. At the same time, she loves the Al-Ahli Team so much and sponsors her son Sayed (Tamer Hosny), who is facing several problems at the university with his uncle. Um Sayed and friends try to lift the injustice done to her son in the comic-style concert. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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