A Citizen, a Detective and a Thief

Year: 2001

Runtime: 135 mins

Language: Arabic

Director: Daoud Abdel Sayed

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Handsome, successful writer Selim reports his stolen car at police headquarters, where he meets his old family friend Sergeant Fathy Abdel Ghafour, a well‑meaning but bumbling detective. Fathy insists Selim take on a live‑in housekeeper, linking Selim’s life with the striking maid, her thieving husband, and the meddling detective in a series of comic misadventures.

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