Sorry For Disturbance

Sorry For Disturbance, directed by Khaled Marei and written by Ayman Bahgat Kamar, opened on July 16, 2008, as an Egyptian comedy drama starring Ahmed Helmi as an aviation engineer struggling with loneliness and depression, who hallucinates conversations with his dead father and lives out an imagined romantic relationship. The film grossed roughly 15 million Egyptian pounds, making it one of 2008's highest grossing Egyptian films. It won Best Film at the 15th Egyptian National Film Festival, with Ahmed Helmi taking Best Actor at the same festival; the film also won multiple awards, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Cinematography, at the Egyptian Catholic Cinema Center Festival. Who it's for: anyone curious about an Egyptian comedy drama, named Best Film at a national festival, about an engineer wrestling with hallucinations of his dead father and an imagined relationship. Who it's not for: viewers wanting a clear, realistic narrative, since the film moves back and forth between reality and hallucination.