Photocopy
(2017)
Directed By: Tamer Ashry
Written By: Haitham Dabbour
Mahmoud’s life is a ‘photocopy’ of millions of others.
He worked as a data-entry typist in the same
government job, never married ,he lives a traditional
life.
When he settles for early retirement, he buys a nearby
Storefront and sets up: “Mahmoud’s photocopy.” Here,
he makes photocopies and types up documents. One
day, a student asks him to type up a report on the
extinction of dinosaurs. Mahmoud can’t help but
begin to see some strange parallels with the state of
his own life. Driven by a desire to change the
depressing reality that his own lifestyle is becoming
extinct, he starts a journey that leads him to revolt
against his traditional life
