Mohamed Saad
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Mohamed Saad Ahmad is an Egypt
ian film actor active since 2000.
After several supporting roles, Saad took the lead in El Lembi (2002; the name, that of Saad's character, is a play on the name of one of Egypt's colonial figures, High Commissioner Edmund Allenby
). Playing the film's "illiterate, inefficient, slow, stoned and drunk" hero, Saad "invests his first leading role with a hyperactive physical energy especially evident in dance sequences." The comedy became one of the highest-grossing films in Egyptian cinema
.
Between 2003 and 2005, Saad played similar characters in three further films including one of his most successful movies "Ely Baly Balak".
In 2006, Saad starred in Katkout (The Chick), in which he played a hopeless Upper Egypt
ian who stumbles into a career as a boxer and crimefighter. Cairo online magazine Yallabina criticized the film for relying on Saad's physical comedy at the expense of story and script.
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
ian film actor active since 2000.
After several supporting roles, Saad took the lead in El Lembi (2002; the name, that of Saad's character, is a play on the name of one of Egypt's colonial figures, High Commissioner Edmund Allenby
Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby
Field Marshal Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby GCB, GCMG, GCVO was a British soldier and administrator most famous for his role during the First World War, in which he led the Egyptian Expeditionary Force in the conquest of Palestine and Syria in 1917 and 1918.Allenby, nicknamed...
). Playing the film's "illiterate, inefficient, slow, stoned and drunk" hero, Saad "invests his first leading role with a hyperactive physical energy especially evident in dance sequences." The comedy became one of the highest-grossing films in Egyptian cinema
Cinema of Egypt
The cinema of Egypt refers to the flourishing Egyptian Arabic-language film industry based in Cairo, the capital of Egypt. Since 1976, Cairo has held the annual Cairo International Film Festival, which has been accredited by the International Federation of Film Producers Associations. There is also...
.
Between 2003 and 2005, Saad played similar characters in three further films including one of his most successful movies "Ely Baly Balak".
In 2006, Saad starred in Katkout (The Chick), in which he played a hopeless Upper Egypt
Upper Egypt
Upper Egypt is the strip of land, on both sides of the Nile valley, that extends from the cataract boundaries of modern-day Aswan north to the area between El-Ayait and Zawyet Dahshur . The northern section of Upper Egypt, between El-Ayait and Sohag is sometimes known as Middle Egypt...
ian who stumbles into a career as a boxer and crimefighter. Cairo online magazine Yallabina criticized the film for relying on Saad's physical comedy at the expense of story and script.
Filmography
- Tariq Ela Eilat, El - 1997 (ar: الطريق إلى إيلات) - The Road to Eilat
- Nazer Salah El Din, El - 1999 (ar : الناظر) - The Principal
- Esaaf 55 - 2001(ar: إسعاف 55) - Ambulance 55 -
- Lembi, El - 2002 (ar : اللمبى)
- Elly Baly Balak - 2003 (ar : اللي بالي بالك)
- Oukal - 2004 (ar : عوكل)
- Bouha - 2005 (ar : بوحة)
- Katkout - 2006(ar : كتكوت )
- Karkar - 2007 (ar : كركر )
- Boshkash 2008
- Rania and Hoda 2009
- Lemby 8 gb 2010