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Plot

Adel Imam stars as Qadri, a widower and newly appointed government minister, whose four grown sons live with him. In her first acting gig, Lebanese singer Nicole Saba plays the buxom-blonde role of

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student Aneta Henry Gothenburg, visiting Egypt for the first time to pursue her studies. She stays with Qadri and his family. Highlighting cultural differences in comedic fashion (among other things, free-spirited Aneta tries to teach Qadri's sons about sex, and intrudes on a government meeting dressed as a bellydancer), Qadri eventually falls for Aneta, but so do his sons. After a blowup, he finally chooses to stay with his sons.

Reception

In January 2004, ''

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'' reported that the film was the second-highest grossing

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of 2003, with revenue exceeding , not counting foreign distribution.(9 January 2004)
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'' (in Arabic), Retrieved December 14, 2010 (noting that the film was viewed by about 80,000 in Lebanon, beating out '' Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl'') The scanty clothing and sexually-open nature of Saba's character in an Arabic language film caused some criticism.(25 August 2003)
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'' (in English), Retrieved December 14, 2010 Saba noted that the film shows the differences in two cultures, and "the entire film was daring, but at the same time respectful."

Cast

- Qadri El-Mieniawy *

- Aneta * Magdy Kamel - Mahmoud Qadri * Khaled Sarhan - Abdelrhman Qadri * Tamer Hagrus - Ibrahim Qadri * Ahmed El tohamy - Hussain Qadri *

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- Shokry El-Saied * Sami Sarhan - Server of Minister's Village * Mohamed El Dafrawy - Prime minister * Gharib Mahmoud - Qadri's friend *

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- Police officer * Saied Tarabik - Qadri's friend * Khaled Shebl - Baha' * Heba Abdelhakim - Baha's bride * Saied Sadek - Father of Baha's bride * Ragaa ElGedawi - ''One scene'' *

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- Himself *

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- Herself

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Danish Experience Egyptian comedy films Films set in Egypt 2003 films 2000s Arabic-language films 2003 comedy films