The majority of viewers of the movie (Morgan Ahmed Morgan), starring Adel Imam and Mervat Amin, agreed in a poll for “Emirates Today” that it has a high value, something that is rarely found in comedy films. Some said that it is nice to laugh and it is more beautiful to benefit and see the truth, while others pointed out that “The Leader” is no longer just the most important comedic, but also the most important socially.
Others emphasized that the comedy that Imam uses in most of his films also cries out from the reality of the reality in which the majority of Arab regions live, stressing that Mervat Amin’s role was not appropriate for her and that her success was dependent on the presence of the leader by her side. The film, in which Imam played the central character (Morgan Ahmed Morgan), deals with the corruption that Egyptian society experiences through the ability of any person with money to buy anything for money except love. Education, literature, and politics are things that are easy to buy and through which one can reach the highest social ranks, which Marjan aspires to with the aim of He gained the admiration of his two sons, who were tired of their friends making fun of their father.
In a comedic form, Imam presents a complete mixture of the problems of Arab societies and how to solve them in the language of capitalists. He cooperates with a poet to write poems for him and buys them from him, and he buys the votes of voters from the poor classes in order to reach the parliamentary ladder. He even reached the point of bribing one of the most important critics in the country. The Arabic language and poetry in order to purify his collection of low value until he decides to enter the university, and education, which he also buys with his money by bribing the university president, but he fails to buy the love that grows Inside him, towards the university doctor (Jihan), played by the artist Mervat Amin, who places obstacles and conditions in front of him in order to reach her heart. Viewers gave the film, which also starred Basma, Sherif Salama, and Ahmed Al-Saadani, and directed by Ali Idris Alama, a rating of between eight and 10.
The leader increased his leadership
Taher Abu Al-Naga said, “I adore this artist, who is becoming more and more powerful every day.” He added, “His comedy and his ability to make others laugh, regardless of their psychology and social status, are not something that many Arab comedians are capable of.” He stressed, “It is enough that he always remembers the poor in his films,” giving the film 10 marks. In turn, Khaled Assaf said, “It is nice that Imam is still able to give with a qualitative uniqueness that distinguishes him from comedy enthusiasts.”
He added, “I enjoyed the movie a lot and laughed a lot. The leader is the only one capable of alleviating the burden of corruption experienced by most Arab societies by making them laugh,” giving the movie a score of 10. Nadra Zayati found that despite “the lack of innovation in the comedic expressive movements that Imam has adopted since the beginning of his acting, he still makes us laugh,” giving the film eight marks. On the other hand, Mamoun Al-Demerdash said, “Whoever called Imam the leader was not wrong, as he is the leader who presents comedic beauty in a way that is close to the heart of all people, regardless of their social classes,” giving him nine degrees.
Social value
Muhammad Azzam said, “It is rare for comedy to combine with the value that the viewer may benefit from,” and added, “Except with the films of Adel Imam, who relies in his films on warning people of all the mistakes that may be committed against society, but in a comedic way,” giving it nine degrees.
Nihal Al-Fateh agreed with him, saying, “In his film, Imam presented a social value that reveals the extent of corruption that has reached in Egypt specifically,” noting that “the bread that Imam described in one of the sessions as being filled with glass at times and sand at other times is nothing but confirmation of injustice.” “Governments are for their people,” giving the film 10 marks.
Afraa Al Dhaheri said that “the film is wonderful and deals with what the Egyptian people are suffering with high credibility, especially in the issue of buying everything with money,” noting that “this reality that the majority of Arab societies have become, in which capitalists control people by buying education, politics, and poetry as well, exists.” On the ground,” she added, “Producers must make more of these films to motivate people who do not read to read the reality of their societies, which are declining every day in a rapid and frightening way,” giving the film 10 marks.
A tearful comedy
The film made Majd Mustafa cry, who said, “No one could do the crying comedy except Adel Imam.” She added, “Laughing at the misfortunes we are experiencing is not easy, but it is smart in terms of reducing its impact on our feelings, which have become dulled by the many misfortunes around us.”
I give the film nine marks. On the other hand, Badr Al Mazrouei said, “Imam always addresses extremist Islamists in his films, which may make him a threat from those groups, and yet he continues with them, not caring except to astonish his audience.” He added, “Imam always makes us laugh and makes our hearts cry, but as viewers, we come out after the film feeling comfortable, as if we were in a session.” Especially with a first-class psychologist,” giving the film 10 marks.
About the movie
Composer Amr Mostafa fell into an unenviable position when the French Society of Authors and Composers discovered that he had stolen the melody of the song from the movie “Morgan Ahmed Morgan.” The French Society of Authors and Composers decided to transfer all financial benefits to composer Amr Mostafa for the right to perform publicly in favor of its original composer, Wyclaf Jean, who composed the original melody for the song. (Dance Like This), which was sung by international singer Shakira after modifying her words and feet at the opening ceremony of the FIFA World Cup in Germany. 2006 under the name (Hips Don’t Lie).
Cinema card
Mervat Amin Mervat Mostafa Amin was born in 1944. She is an Egyptian actress from an Egyptian father and a Scottish mother. She was born in the Minya Governorate in Upper Egypt in the Arab Republic of Egypt. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Ain Shams University, English Department. Her first appearance was with director Hussein Kamal and singer Abdel Halim Hafez in the movie “My Father Above the Tree.”
She was married four times, the first to the Syrian singer Muwaffaq Bahjat, the second to the guitarist Omar Khorshid, the third to the artist Hussein Fahmy, with whom she has a daughter named Minna Allah, and the fourth to the businessman Mustafa Al-Balidi. Her artistic beginning was at the university, where she participated in the university team and presented the play “O Tala’ Al-Shajara” by Tawfiq Al-Hakim. After graduation, she became a professional actor, where she presented the play “Airport of Love” with Youssef Shaaban and Abdel Moneim Madbouly.
The one who discovered her and introduced her to cinema was the artist Ahmed Mazhar in 1965 through the film “Teenage Love”, from which she launched into the world of art and presented several artistic works for cinema and television. Among her most famous series are “The Wife is the First to Know,” “The Other Man,” and among her most famous films in the late sixties are “Case 68” and “My Father is on the Tree.” In the seventies, we mention her “Chatter on the Nile,” “Searching for a Scandal,” and “Girls.” And the Mercedes,” “Sons of Silence,” “The Grandson,” “The Female and the Wolves,” “The Circle of Revenge,” “The Devil in the City,” “Men Who Do Not Know Love.”
In the eighties, we remember her “Madness of Youth,” “The Bus Driver,” “Falsification of Official Papers,” “The Wife of an Important Man,” “The Arrogance,” “The World on the Wing of a Dove,” and finally in the nineties, “Hism of the Handmaids,” and “Red Card.” , “The Delicious Murder” in 1998, and her latest work, “Morgan Ahmed Morgan.” 2007. Mervat Amin returned to the cinema, filled with the ecstasy of romance after being honored in the Romance Cycle. For the “Cairo Film Festival”, her return was through the film “First Secondary”, her last film with Nour El-Sherif.
