“I Love El Cima: A Comedic Egyptian Film That Sparked Controversy”

I Love El Cima, an Egyptian film produced in 2004, starring Mahmoud Hamida, Laila Elwi and the child Youssef Othman. It was written by screenwriter Hany Fawzy, directed by Osama Fawzy and produced by Hany Gerges Fawzy. It is a predominantly comedic film, and the main film actor is Youssef Othman. It talks about a fanatical father and a wife who can no longer tolerate her husband’s behavior, so she cheated on him with a plastic artist.

The film deals with the life of a Christian family consisting of a religiously devout Coptic Orthodox husband, a Protestant wife, a boy and a girl, and presents the social problems facing this family because of the husband’s “puritanic” vision of religion. When the film was shown, this film caused a sensation. Christian lawyers and clerics filed a lawsuit to demand that the film, “Love of Sima”, be halted due to its mockery of the Christian faith.

The film received positive reactions from critics, as the writer in the “Sabah Al-Khair” weekly, Essam Zakaria, says that the film can be “understood through several levels.” Father and also the tyranny of political power».

Tariq Al-Shennawi, a critic in the weekly “Rose Al-Youssef”, believes that “the scenario written by Hani Fawzy was smooth, realistic and beautiful, along with director Osama, who created a state of joy and pleasure that is not devoid of depth at the level of thought and cinematic image.”

The film witnessed one of the strongest scenes of excitement between Laila Elwi and Mahmoud Hamida.