''Alzheimer's'' ( ar, زهايمر) is a 2010

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ian comedy directed by

Amr Arafa Amr Arafa (born 9 December 1962), is an Egyptian filmmaker. Considered one of the best filmmakers in Egyptian cinema, Arafa is best known as the director of critically acclaimed award-winning films ''Africano'', ''Alzheimer's (film), Zahaymar'', ...

and film starring

Adel Emam Adel Emam ( ar, عادل إمام; born 17 May 1940 is an Egyptian film, television, and stage actor. He is primarily a comedian, but he has starred in more serious works and, combined comedy with romance especially in his earlier films, which i ...

Plot

Mahmoud (played by Emam) realizes one morning that he cannot recognize the people who work at his home, including his nurse Mona (

Nelly Karim Nelly Karim ( ar, نيللي كريم; born 18 December 1974) is an Egyptians, Egyptian actress, model, and ballerina. Life and career Nelly is the daughter of a Russian mother and an Egyptian father from Zagazig. Karim said in an interview wi ...

).The myth of the phoenix
, ''

Al-Ahram ''Al-Ahram'' ( ar, الأهرام; ''The Pyramids''), founded on 5 August 1875, is the most widely circulating Egyptian daily newspaper, and the second oldest after '' al-Waqa'i`al-Masriya'' (''The Egyptian Events'', founded 1828). It is majori ...

'' (Issue No. 1024, 25 Nov - 1 Dec 2010) However, he has actually been deceived by his children to believe that he has

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, so they can get control of his wealth to pay off their own debts.(8 December 2010)
Alzheimer's Scenario Lacks Depth
''elcinema.com''

Cast

- Mahmoud Shuaib *

- Mona *Ahmed Rizk - Karim *

Saeed Saleh Saeed Saleh also credited as ''Sa'eed Saleh Ibrahim''; ( ar, سعيد صالح إبراهيم) (July 31, 1940 – August 1, 2014) was an Egyptian comedian actor. Biography Saleh earned his bachelor of arts degree from Cairo University in 196 ...

- Omar Kamal

References

External links

* 2010 films 2010s Arabic-language films 2010 comedy films Egyptian comedy films {{Egypt-film-stub