# The Kit Kat > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Kit_Kat > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Kit_Kat.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kit_Kat > Source revision: 1341815016 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) For other uses, see [Kit Kat (disambiguation)](/source/Kit_Kat_(disambiguation)). ***The Kit Kat*** (Arabic: الكيت كات) is a 1991 [Egyptian](/source/Egypt) [comedy](/source/Comedy) that revolves around Sheikh Hosni, played by [Mahmoud Abdel Aziz](/source/Mahmoud_Abdel_Aziz),[1] a [blind](/source/Visual_impairment) man living in the Al-Kit Kat neighborhood in [Giza](/source/Giza), [Egypt](/source/Egypt). Sheikh Hosni lives with his mother and son and spends his days dreaming of riding a motorcycle and smoking [Hashish](/source/Hashish). He does this to cope with his life as a blind man and the loss of his wife.[2] ## Director The movie is written and directed by [Daoud Abdel Sayed](/source/Daoud_Abdel_Sayed), Egyptian [Film director](/source/Film_director) and [screenwriter](/source/Screenwriter).[3] He won several awards for his work in [film](/source/Film). He won best director for Al-Kit Kat at the Biennale Des Cinemas Arabes in [Paris](/source/Paris), [France](/source/France) and also at the [Damascus Film Festival](/source/Damascus_International_Film_Festival) in [Syria](/source/Syria) in the year 1992. He graduated in 1967 from the Higher Film Institute in [Cairo](/source/Cairo), [Egypt](/source/Egypt) and went on to work as a director and assistant in many critically acclaimed [Arabic films](/source/Cinema_of_Egypt). Al-Kit Kat is unlike any other Arab film; it showcases the despair and struggles of the characters under the guise of comedy and [laughter](/source/Laughter).[4] ## Plot Sheikh Hosni, the film's main character and protagonist, lives with his son Youssef and his old mother following his wife's death. His son dreams of leaving [Egypt](/source/Egypt) to find work in [Europe](/source/Europe) – and he plans to achieve this by convincing his father to sell the house – and he has an affair with a recently divorced woman named Fatima, who also lives in the Kit Kat neighborhood. Sheikh Hosni refuses to accept his blindness as a setback, and dreams of riding a motorcycle one day like any person would. To his son's dismay, he had already sold the house to a drug dealer. He spends most of his nights trying to forget his miserable reality with other residents of the Kit Kat neighborhood smoking hashish. He knows all the gossip of the neighborhood and its residents’ secrets. Ultimately, Sheikh Hosni is shown to be riding a [Vespa](/source/Vespa) in a crowded neighborhood.[5] ## Cast - [Mahmoud Abdel Aziz](/source/Mahmoud_Abdel_Aziz) as Sheikh Hosny - [Sherif Mounir](/source/Sherif_Mounir) as Youssef - [Aida Reyad](/source/Aida_Reyad) as Fatima - [Nagah El-Mogui](/source/Nagah_El-Mogui) as El-Haram - [Amina Rizk](/source/Amina_Rizk) as Sheikh Hosny's mother - [Ali Hassanein](/source/Ali_Hassanein_(actor)) as Sheikh Obaid - [Galeela Mahmood](/source/Galeela_Mahmood) as Fatheya - [Jihan Nasr](/source/Jihan_Nasr) as Rawayeh[6] ## References 1. Terri., Ginsberg (2010). *Historical dictionary of Middle Eastern cinema*. Lanham: Scarecrow Press. p. 3. ISBN 9780810873643. [OCLC 663461102](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/663461102) 1. ["Kit Kat"](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102223/). 1 January 2000. Retrieved 20 June 2016. – via IMDb. 1. Dixon, Wheeler W. (30 March 2018). *A short history of film*. Third ed. New Brunswick, N.J. ISBN 9780813595146. [OCLC 1029759754](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1029759754) 1. Kassicieh, Lena (20 August 2014). ["5 Must-See Classic Egyptian Films"](http://www.barakabits.com/2014/08/5-must-see-classic-egyptian-films). Retrieved 20 June 2016. 1. ["Kit Kat"](https://mubi.com/films/kit-kat). Retrieved 20 June 2016. 1. ["A Blog Featuring Arab Film and Related Matters - Blog - Al-Kitkat (1991): Soaring above the Doldrums"](http://www.cinemaarabiata.com/blog/2012/4/2/al-kitkat-1991-soaring-above-the-doldrums.html). Retrieved 20 June 2016. ## External links - [The Kit Kat](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102223/) at IMDb --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [The Kit Kat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kit_Kat) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kit_Kat?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.