The film addresses the decadence of Egyptian society during the Gamal Abdel Nasser era.
It tells the story of a simple Egyptian worker, Anis (played by Emad Hamdi), who cannot tolerate the hypocrisy of the Egyptian government (for whom he works at the Ministry of Health) and the illiteracy of the Egyptian public and decides to hide from all the problems in the country by taking...
"On the ropes" is a story that reflects the Lebanese society trough a family whose members' life is suspended like everything else in the country.
The relationships between women: those of friends, housekeeper/servant, student/teacher, and particularly the relationship of mother and daughter as they experience the difficult stages of menopause and adolescence: 47-year-old Tunisian professor Nadia appears fulfilled, but as she enters menopause she struggles with tension in her marriage, the physical and psychological sympt...