Our Blessed Aunt (Arabic: ست الستات, transliterated as Sett al-Settat) is an Egyptian comedy, drama film released on June 29, 1998. The film is directed and written by Raafat el-Mehi and stars Laila Elwi, Maged el-Masry, and Magda El-Khatib. The story concerns a young Abdelaziz, who returns to Cairo from another unspecified Arab country. Coming back to his aunt Fakiha's apartment, he discovers that it has become a brothel run by a madam who denies that she is related to him.

Our Blessed Aunt
ست الستات
Directed byRaafat el-Mehi
Written byRaafat el-Mehi
Produced by
  • Raafat el-Mehi
  • Ayman al-Arab
Starring
CinematographyAyman Abu el-Makarem
Edited byAhmed Daoud
Music byFathi al-Khamisi
Production
company
Studio 13
Release date
  • June 29, 1998 (1998-06-29)
Running time
123 minutes
CountryEgypt
LanguageArabic

Cast

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Synopsis

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The comedy's protagonist Abdelaziz (Maged el-Masry) returns to Cairo after working in another unnamed Arab country. Going to the apartment of his aunt Fakiha (Magda el-Khatib), he discovers that it has become a brothel. Lola (Laila Elwi), one of the prostitutes there, tries to convince him to marry her. He has them make the place a pension, but they carry on their old profession anyway. Everyone is arrested, and Abdelaziz discovers a big surprise.

Legacy

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Critic Nisreen al-Rashidi cited the film among others on the website 3ain, remarking that:

Egyptian cinema has presented women and dealt with their problems throughout its history, even addressing them by name, sometimes as “mara” [woman] and sometimes as “sitt” [lady]…Here we monitor ten films using the word “sitt” from the earliest days of the silver screen to today.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ Al-Rashidi, Nisreen (October 4, 2017). "حب وغرام وانتقام.. 10 أفلام انتصر فيها كيد الستات على الرجال". 3ain. Retrieved 6 June 2022.