Title Content: Movie - Please Call Me - 2010

Synopses

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Ibrahim Toshka lives with the illusion of stardom, he dreams of acting despite having no talent. When his dreams fall apart, he resorts to fraud by buying mobile lines and selling calls to people without paying the bills and then creates an illegal network of satellite channels, and he falls into a problem after another.

• 16 March 2020
• Shaimaa Saied

The film portrays the unrealized dreams of archetypical poverty ridden individuals living in the midst of despair. We are introduced to “Ibrahim Toshka” who has fantasies of stardom and dreams of making it as an actor despite his lack of talent. When he arrives at the conclusion that his dreams will not be realized he adopts immoral means for making a living. Toshka purchases telephone lines and sells airtime without ever paying off the telephone bills. After that he attempts to establish a network to steal satellite TV reception. All of these events happen in parallel to the love story between him and a neighbor called “Abla”. He maintains ties with her despite his relations with an infamous woman named “Ashgan”. Ashgan bore him a child, but his son refuses to recognize him as his father. The film ends with a wrap-up of those serious issues.

• 25 July 2008
• محمد ألطيب