Marilyn Salloum
It is a season, if not a year, of brilliance and success for the star Hisham Majed after he topped the “Trend” and the list of the best comedy series in Ramadan with his work ” Apartment Works,” he revealed to the audience on. Eid al-Fitr from the cinema window with the film “An Interlude of Delicious Moments” to achieve more success and surpass the highest It is a high film among Arab films in countries that ‘Gulf, and he changes between first and second place in his country, Egypt. But the success of Hisham and his film did not depend on luck, but on a set of factors such as the story and direction, as well as the maturity of this artist, whether in performance or in his choices.
Egyptian cinema often tends to increase the production of comedies that are shown during major seasons such as Eid al-Fitr, so the competition in the halls is sometimes strong, in which the most capable of reality to imagine and touch the requirements of the audience with their different tastes. winning This is what “An Interlude of Delicious Moments” did, and it can be said that its name reflects its content and the situation that the audience will experience while watching it in the halls. a palms, presents the story of an Egyptian family that is supposed to be in an average state, but does not raise itself to this level, the couple also does not provide stability and lives in understanding and happiness with their only son. Saleh is a failed architect, and you don’t need anyone to prove that he has failed in his workplace. It is enough to see the house that he designed himself, and to which the expression “Stranger than Imagination” applies, because of how unhappy it is and that there is no logic in everything in it . A house without doors; Having to enter and leave the house through the window, and crossing the bedroom through the bathroom is also awkward. The kitchen is part of the hall and the faucet is decorative, while the water is used and flows through the rod and electrical switches.
From these details, in a few lines, you can smell the comedy before you see it with your own eyes, which confirms the success of the authors Sherif Naguib and George Azmy in writing the comedy of the of the scene and the situation rather than relying on “effect,” drudgery, emptiness, or nothingness. You will not find a comedy that will make you die of laughter, but instead an idea that will draw you and wait for its developments, so do not fall into the trap of boredom or repetition for about two hours a time of the show. The script did not require a large number of actors and extras, or to move between many filming locations Instead, the filming was mostly in-house, and director Ahmed El-Gendy was outstanding good at presenting a beautiful parallel world, completely different from the real world. a reality in which the hero and his family live, a world that really makes you feel like it’s a fantasy because of the beauty of its colors, clothes, gardens and decoration, especially the appearance of the heroine Hana Al-Zahid, a summary of the meaning of “Life is colored by Bambi”, which led some to consider this work copied from the foreign film “Barbie”, to answer Hisham Majed that it was written more than two years ago.
“Interview of delicious times,” as we said, deals with the story of the engineer Saleh (Hisham Majed), his wife Doria (Hana Al Zahid), and their son Buddy (Jean Ramez). The problems are not his ends with his wife, their sad words, the school administration calls them because of their son’s aggressive behavior and his lack of respect for the rules and the teachers … full of chaos, neglect, lack of responsibility and completeness loss of all sense of happiness, joy and understanding… Saleh is a failed engineer who is fired by his director, Zakaria (Bayoumi Fouad) from work, and while at home alone, he opened the laundry room and found a light energy in the wall that drew him into another world completely different from his real world. and the son Buddy. so he a ‘ decides to impersonate her husband while the latter is traveling on a business trip, hiding from his real wife the issue of this tunnel and the parallel world.
Doria alone discovers the secret of her husband’s disappearance and changes his appearance and appearance, so she joins him and mixes and clashes with ideas, cultures and customs, especially since this parallel world criminalizes screaming, loud noises and anger, and all that. It’s healthy, even vegetarian and organic food, and childbirth happens through tubes at the “Delicious Moments Authority”. Combo, who is Saleh’s cousin, is in this world, but he is a wise scientist and a judge who rules whoever breaks the laws by turning him from a man to a tree which is planted in the garden.
Saleh, Doria, and Buddy settled in the parallel world and sent the “committed” version of themselves to the real world, which creates a set of situations that show the difference between the two worlds, and allow the earthly version think of it. the reasons for the failure of married life. One of the most beautiful moments in the film is the moment when Doria admits happiness that she has never felt in her life, because she found someone who loves her, who respects her, who respects her feelings, and makes her feel that she has a place and that. she can succeed, a reality session with Saleh, who himself admits his shortcomings towards her and the need for calm and communication without screaming and anxiety.
Many events follow after this conflict, and it is natural that the best model version of this family will change after we discover many aspects of life that was poor… a different world. Writers Sherif Naguib and George Azmy succeeded in presenting altered versions of the human psyche, as if a man were standing in front of a mirror of himself, revealing his faults and giving him the opportunity to recycle his life.
Among the guests of honor is Taha Desouky, who gave a funny scene in a short film within the film, a scene in which the authors summarize the meaning of this very sweet life to the to the point that it becomes tasteless. A message that says life is sweet with its vicissitudes and contradictions.
Three successful people
Hisham Majed, Hana Al-Zahed and Mohamed Tharwat have controversial roles, and all three succeed in both cases Hisham has become a professional in bad comedy that makes you laugh without being artificial, and here Al-Zahed excels in a role. Doria, who looks like the Barbie doll, and who is good at performing Doria, the popular, even vulgar woman, as Mohamed Tharwat carries between … .
