A poor family of four in Egypt held a birthday party for their four-year-old son. The father invited his superiors, relatives and friends to join in t[Expand All]
A poor family of four in Egypt held a birthday party for their four-year-old son. The father invited his superiors, relatives and friends to join in the celebration, and there were also magician performances for entertainment. Dad lay down in the magician's large empty box. He saw the rooster being invited out. He thought the magic was exquisite and magical, but Dad vanished without a trace. He could only regard the rooster as his father. The mother, who has always been submissive and obedient, now has to travel far and wide. For the sake of the family's livelihood, she has to do everything possible to get her rooster husband to "return to lay life". A meticulously designed social satire brimming with black humor, Egyptian up-and-coming director Omar Al-Zohari achieved remarkable success in his directorial debut, winning the Critics' Week Award at the Cannes Film Festival. With realistic brushstrokes and surreal tones, it leads the audience into the impoverished daily lives of the lower classes in Egypt, directly exposing the bizarre and fantastical aspects beneath the Arab patriarchal society. When the role of the father disappears and the mother becomes the head of the family, how should women in the Arab world position themselves?[Collapse]
