Wissam Samira, director of “Friends and Dearest”: We have exposed the society that hides behind its finger.. Enough malice

In his first work to be shown on the "Netflix" platform, director Wissam Samira sparked widespread controversy in the Arab world with his new movie "Friends and My Dearest", so that the hashtag bearing the name of the movie topped "Twitter", amid a split over its scenes, story and heroes, including actress Mona. Zaki, who is now in the crosshairs of puritanical users of networking sites.

The movie, which is based on the Italian movie “Perfect Strangers,” some of its scenes spread on the social media like wildfire. The Tik Tok application even published it in the form of clips, which established the world and did not place it in Egypt, as the head of the censorship agency Khaled Abdel confirmed It is worth noting that those in charge of the work did not apply for a license to display it in Egypt, and considered that this work had nothing to do with Egypt, but was entirely Lebanese.

As for Representative Mustafa Bakri, he submitted an urgent statement to the Speaker of the Council, Counselor Hanafi Al-Jabali, and demanded to know the measures taken by the Ministry of Culture to confront this “dangerous” film, considering that it “calls for homosexuality clearly and explicitly.”

The director of the work, Wissam Samira, who is infected with “Corona”, and despite his difficult health condition, indicated in statements to “Al-Modon” website over the phone, in response to the campaign against his film, that “we must defend the film because it is a clean work, and most of those who attacked it did not watch it.” ".

He stressed that "it does not include a lack of literature or a lack of modesty," explaining that the film "revolves around a group of friends eating dinner around one table, and they talk about issues and problems that exist in society."

Samira considered that the words that some saw as "profane", and were used by the actors, "are the same that friends speak in their meetings at dinner or lunch tables," and he continued: "We did not intend to stir up controversy just to stir up controversy, but we conveyed the truth as it is. ".

He added, "We have exposed society, and it is not permissible for us to hide behind our finger. Enough malice, we are all cursing and cursing in the ordinary way."

The Americans say the word "fuck" and we accept it from them, but we reject some Arabic and consider it obscene, even though we repeat it constantly in our diaries.

He added, "I remember that the late President Elias Hrawi invited us when we were students to the Baabda Palace to honor us, and all his words with us were from the girdle and he came down, but he was very funny. In my opinion, we passed these matters and we must grow our mind because there are more important things in life."

The idea of ​​the film, which exposes society and people and reveals their true face, was quoted by Samira about a foreign work because he found it appropriate for this stage, as he says, adding: "She talks about a subject that concerns us all, which is the duality of existence. The smartphone has turned into a source of scandal because it contains the details of our lives. The idea of ​​the movie is universal and applies to all societies."

Samira, whose film is shown on "Netflix", hopes that it will also be shown in cinemas, but he clarifies that it is not intended for display on the big screen, although "there is nothing preventing it from showing in the cinema. Nor my dearest, "because she did not find it immoral. We did not intend to shock people, but rather we liked to be modern and as we are in 2022."

Samira responded to some of the comments that criticized the girl’s discussion of her intimate relationship with her father, saying: “She does not talk about her intimate relationships, but rather talks with her father in an ordinary and natural way. Many fathers have a good relationship with their sons and daughters and talk to them about all topics. This is how relations between parents became And children, we have to be real."

And because some Egyptians considered the film to be Lebanese and had nothing to do with the Egyptians and did not resemble them, and launched a violent attack on actress Mona Zaki, Samira saw that he had no idea why the Egyptians thought this way, then added: "Mona Zaki is a great artist, so she was criticized. She is an artist." Egyptian, and the attack on the film came from Egypt, not Lebanon.

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