The collapse of the Arab countries. Did you believe the prophecy of the "night of the fall of Baghdad"?

The invasion and occupation of Iraq in March 2003 was one of the major shocks suffered by the Arabs since their liberation from occupation in the middle of the 20th century, prompting many filmmakers and artists around the world Arabic to paint a picture of this tragedy.

The episode (15/15/19) of the "out-of-text" show featured the film "The Night of the Fall of Baghdad" by its author and director Mohammed Amin, which dealt the most important Arab event of the time, the black comedy, revealing the harsh reality experienced by the Arab nation. Issues concerning Egyptian society in a political era were difficult to tackle with such daring.

The political circumstances in Egypt played a role in the vicissitudes of the film in the theaters, between the presidential election at the door and the good relations between the US and Egypt. The film was boldly presented.

The director and author of the film, Mohammed Amin, said that he expressed the sense of humiliation felt by the seizure of a state and the beating of the people as well as the execution of A president, stressing that he had expressed himself frankly and had provided very severe criticism.

He stressed that the film sought to highlight the danger for the Arab countries and presented a scene of the fall of Cairo, to show the public the shape of his city if it was destroyed, so as to interest the scientific researchers because they offered an element of protection to the country.

Arab frustration
Amin pointed out that the movie 's hero was characterized by genius demonstrations and sound scientific thought, but he did not get any work after graduation, claiming that the financiers did not have a job. adopt that men of art and sport, while completely ignoring those of scientific research.

Maha Matbouli, an art critic, said the film sought to confront the American political conspiracy to the Arab street and to highlight the state of frustration of the Arab street.

She pointed out that censorship did not prevent the film politically, but that she rejected certain scenes of sexual intercourse in the script, which she considered a kind of vulgarity.

The 29th edition of the Cairo International Film Festival has chosen the film as the representative of Egypt during the official competition of the festival in November 2005. The film has attracted the attention of the critics and the public, reflecting deeply the political reality of life in a bitter comedy.

Despite the irony adopted by the film, it was considered one of the most important films that broke the silence by dealing with many problems of the Arab world, such as freedom and freedom, as they still reflect the Arab reality to this day.