There’s a certain freedom in anonymity; the freedom for example to be a jerk, safe in the knowledge that you’ll never see the person on the receiving end of your tantrum again. But what happens the day after such an encounter… when you walk into your favourite place, and find a not-so-friendly face? Our film tells one such tale.
A pretentious, entitled twit goes to the City Centre Almaza gym only to find the tallest, bulkiest guy in the room staring daggers at him. Turns out the bouncer he majorly pissed off the night before is the gym’s star member… and he’s not a forgiving kind of guy. Being friends with the club owner won’t be of much help now.
Moral of the story: Don’t go to City Centre Almaza if you don’t want to be seen. Everyone’s there.
Cultural / Context information for the jury
Cairo’s a huge, sprawling city, but inside that chaos, we’re a very tight-knit society, and our favorite hang-outs are neighborhood spots where the patrons are all regulars and more like family.
Malls however are the exception to this rule, and going to the mall is now an activity that can - and often does - take up the whole day. Each new mall that pops up is further away and larger than the one before. Forget bumping into anyone else there, you’ll lose yourself if you’re not careful.
City Centre Almaza however bucked this trend. Instead of setting up shop in a satellite city, it’s smack dab in the middle of one of Cairo’s busiest, most densely populated districts. It’s big enough to house everything you’d need in a mall, but still compact and cozy - the opposite of the overwhelming mall experience that we’ve come to consider as normal.
Provide the full film script in English.
This is Hany Sayyad
Quite a well built fella
We’re talking 6 ft 8 / 6 ft 9
The kind that doesn’t do junk food
And has gone to the gym for every freaking day of his life
People fear him but also respect him
You see, Hany may be physically impressive
But he wasn’t exactly a mental genius
Which is why he ended up working as a bouncer
At a local 80s music club called “The Honkytonk”
Just last night, some dude Hany refused to let in
Turned out to be good friends with the owner
And of course, he came back with the owner and let Hany have it
He verbally abused him, saying really bad things to this sensitive guy.
This is the dude from last night
This cute little one here
It’s actually his first day at the gym
We’re not sure whether he’s here to practice or to take selfies for his Instagram account
Either way, he obviously didn’t expect to find Hany here.
But I guess the saying’s true
What goes around comes around.
Just don’t go to City Centre.