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==Background== |
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Being the first collaboration between [[Adel Imam]] and [[Omar Sharif]], arguably the most powerful [[actors]] in Egypt and the [[Middle East]], the movie was a much-anticipated summer [[blockbuster]]. However, its message proved so controversial that [[Facebook]] groups sporting [[Adel Imam]]'s picture in [[Copt|Coptic]] garb called for a [[boycott]] of his movies, and the resulting emotional distress is reported to have prompted |
Being the first collaboration between [[Adel Imam]] and [[Omar Sharif]], arguably the most powerful [[actors]] in Egypt and the [[Middle East]], the movie was a much-anticipated summer [[blockbuster]]. However, its message proved so controversial that [[Facebook]] groups sporting [[Adel Imam]]'s picture in [[Copt|Coptic]] garb called for a [[boycott]] of his movies, and the resulting emotional distress is reported to have prompted Imam to move from his home in [[Cairo]] to a summer house in Port Marina, a resort on [[Egypt]]'s North Coast. Imam, Sharif and other collaborators on the film have vehemently defended its content and criticised many [[Conservatism|conservatives]] and [[Fundamentalism|religious extremists]] who consider it [[blasphemy|blasphemous]]. |
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==Plot summary== |
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Revision as of 08:34, 14 July 2008
| Hassan and Marcus | |
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| Directed by | Ramy Imam |
| Starring | Adel Imam Omar Sharif Lebleba Mohamed Imam |
| Music by | Khaled Hammad |
| Distributed by | Good News Group (In Egypt) |
Release date | 2008 |
| Country | Egypt |
| Language | Arabic |
Hassan and Marcus (Arabic: حسن ومرقص) is an Egyptian film.
Background
Being the first collaboration between Adel Imam and Omar Sharif, arguably the most powerful actors in Egypt and the Middle East, the movie was a much-anticipated summer blockbuster. However, its message proved so controversial that Facebook groups sporting Adel Imam's picture in Coptic garb called for a boycott of his movies, and the resulting emotional distress is reported to have prompted Imam to move from his home in Cairo to a summer house in Port Marina, a resort on Egypt's North Coast. Imam, Sharif and other collaborators on the film have vehemently defended its content and criticised many conservatives and religious extremists who consider it blasphemous.
Plot summary
When the lives of Hassan Al Attar, a Muslim Sheikh (Omar Sharif) and Marcus Poulus, a Christian Theologian (Adel Imam) are threatened by religious extremists, the Egyptian government inducts them into a witness protection program that requires them to disguise themselves as a Christian and a Muslim, respectively. When, unwittingly, they move into the same building, a friendship blossoms that must, along with a romance between the protagonists' children, withstand the difficulties of prejudice and social persecution.
