Movie

Four On An Official Mission

1987 · 90 min

A gentle, deadpan bureaucratic comedy where a mundane errand spirals into absurdity, carried by warm performances and a wry look at office life.

Overview: Anwar Abdel Mawla is an employee working in a government agency, his life changes when he takes an official mission to hand over a heritage to the house of Money in Cairo made up of a monkey, a donkey, and a goat and many ironic comedies happen.
How it feels: Absurd, satirical, light and warm. Measured and easy to follow.
About: Work, corruption, class, identity
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: absurdstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: work
corruption
class
identity
friendship
Places: big city
workplace
road trip
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild