Sorry to Disturb

Sorry to Disturb (Arabic: اسف على الإزعاج, romanized: ʾāsifun ʿalā l-ʾizʿāji) is a 2008 Egyptian film directed by Khaled Marei. It stars Ahmed Helmi as a young aviation engineer who feels lonely, out of place, and depressed. One day he meets a beautiful girl at a café (Menna Shalabi), and starts dating her. His life is turned upside down, as he learns that he has schizophrenia, and that he has been having visual hallucinations of his late father and his girlfriend.^[1]

Sorry to Disturb
آسف على الإزعاج (in Arabic)
Directed by	Khaled Marei
Written by	Ayman Bahgat Kamar
Produced by	Walid Sabri
Starring	Ahmed Helmi Menna Shalabi Mahmoud Hamida Dalal Abdel Aziz
Cinematography	Ahmad Yusuf
Music by	Amr Ismail
Production company	Brothers United for Cinema
Distributed by	Brothers United for Cinema
Release date	16 July 2008 (2008-07-16)
Running time	115 minutes
Country	Egypt
Language	Arabic
Box office	E£15 million

Sorry to Disturb was one of the two highest-grossing films in Egypt of 2008, earning over E£15 million.^[2] The film won first prize at the Egyptian National film festival^[3] and won the Dear Guest magazine award for best movie of 2008.^[4] Helmi won the Egyptian Catholic Center Cinema Festival award for Best Actor for the third year running,^[5] and the film won Best Film, Best Director, Best Script, and Best Production.^[6]

The soundtrack includes "Don't Speak" by No Doubt and "Buddha Bar" by Wally Brill.