Bittersweet

Bittersweet

131 mins | Drama, Comedy | May 25, 2010

Masry el Araby is an American-Egyptian citizen who travels back to his home town (in Egypt) after living in the US for 20 years. He has this idea of Egypt being a wonderful and amazing country, but the idea soon crashes as he faces reality. After arriving in Egypt, Masry is treated badly when he uses his Egyptian Passport. But then when he starts using his American Passport as an identification card, he is paid with a lot of respect. He faces many problems as he loses both passports.

Bittersweet

131 mins | Drama, Comedy | May 25, 2010

Bittersweet
Masry el Araby is an American-Egyptian citizen who travels back to his home town (in Egypt) after living in the US for 20 years. He has this idea of Egypt being a wonderful and amazing country, but the idea soon crashes as he faces reality. After arriving in Egypt, Masry is treated badly when he uses his Egyptian Passport. But then when he starts using his American Passport as an identification card, he is paid with a lot of respect. He faces many problems as he loses both passports.
IMDb rating 8.0
Producers
Original title عسل أسود
Directors Islam Khairy, Khaled Marei
Writers Khaled Diab

Cast

Ahmed Helmy

as مصري

Edwerd

as سعيد

Tarek ElAmir

as منصف

Inam Salusah

as أم سعيد

Youssef Daoud

as عم هلال

Lotfy Labib

as راضي

Amy Samir Ghanem

as ميرفت

Said Tarabeek

as صاحب الكشك

Gehan Anwar

as ابتسام

Shaima Abdel Qadir

as نوسة

Abd Allah Mishrif

as موظف السجل المدنى

Mohamed Shaheen

as رفيق الطائرة

Ahmed Rateb

as لواء الشرطة

Dina

as