We find ourselves in an Egyptian apartment building, strictly speaking in an apartment, right in the middle of the everyday drama of an Egyptian family. Are we spectators or fellow victims?
The telephone rings …Ahmed El-Attar’s grotesque, sarcastic drama gives insight into the everyday life of an Egyptian middleclass family. The dominant father, the ailing mother, the two sons and the main: all of them constantly talk and dream themselves out of their cramped space and finances. The representative of this longing for another, better world in which everything is affordable is the uncle from America, whose phone calls are eagerly anticipated. Here Ahmed El-Attar skilfully uses elements of advertising jargon for his intelligent criticism of consumerism.
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