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1000 Mabrouk (2009)

1000 Mabrouk poster
Original title
1000 مبروك
Directed by
Ahmed Nader Galal
Genre
comedy film
Country
Egypt
Runtime
1h 55m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 57 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man wakes up to find the same day repeating over and over. He relives the same events, which forces him to notice both the bad and good parts of his life.

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What happens

Congratulations (Arabic: مبروك 1000, translit. 1000 Mabrook read as Alf Mabrook or a Thousand Congratulations) is a 2009 Egyptian film directed by Ahmed Nader Galal, played by Ahmed Helmy, a man who wakes up one morning to discover that the day repeats, a carbon copy of the day before, trapping him in an inescapable vicious circle. This man has dream to live for 100 years, however, he is living for one day only and that day keep repeating to show him the negative and positive things in his life. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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