Magdy Mekkawy is a talented caricaturist who has lived alone since his parents died in a car accident when he was a child. Raised by his maternal uncle, Azmy, Magdy grew up to love food just like his uncle, eventually becoming obese like him. His uncle suffers from diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease, and when it is too late, he advises Magdy not to repeat his mistake or expose himself to illness, urging him to lose weight. However, for Magdy, who struggles to get dressed, move around, and sleep due to his obesity, the easiest thing to do is eat, so he ignores all calls to slim down, even after being diagnosed with diabetes. Magdy dreams of a girl who will love him despite his weight. Although he has many female friends and is close to women, none comes close to winning his heart because of his obesity: his friend Riham complains to him about her troubles with her husband Ashraf, Ghada complains about her fiancé Samy, and Mai consults him about every young man she considers dating. When Riham suggests her friend Nany, who does not mind his size, he discovers that she is mentally unstable. Magdy remembers his neighbor Dina, his childhood love, who moved to the UAE with her parents 15 years ago and used to send him love letters when she was in primary school. He looks up her email address, and they exchange messages while avoiding swapping recent photos. When Dina decides to end her stay abroad and return to Cairo to live with her aunt following her parents' deaths and to complete her master's thesis, she calls Magdy to pick her up from the airport. Magdy hopes that Dina has become chubby so she will accept him being obese, but he discovers she is beautiful and slender. Consequently, he pretends to be Adel, Magdy's cousin, claiming that Magdy had an urgent work commitment. Magdy tries to get close to her as Adel, but to no avail, as Dina is still attached to Magdy, whom she has not seen since childhood. Magdy consults his female friends on how to win Dina's heart despite his obesity, and they tell him that women love helpful, ambitious men who are always there when needed. As Adel, he proves to Dina that he is helpful and ambitious, and shows her they share common interests after viewing her webpage. He then shocks her regarding Magdy, telling her that he uses heroin, until she comes to despise Magdy, achieving what he wanted. When he takes her to his uncle's birthday party and leaves them to buy the cake, his uncle reveals the truth to her and asks for her help in pushing Magdy to lose excess weight. Dina is sensitive to this issue, as her father died suddenly due to obesity. Dina conceals from Magdy that she knows his true identity and tries to motivate him to develop willpower and endure the hardships of weight loss, but in vain. When he proposes to her, she tells him that her master's thesis is on obesity and that to her, he is merely a case study. It is a severe shock to him, compounded by his uncle cutting ties with him over his insistence on overeating and refusal to lose weight. However, when his uncle passes away, Magdy's grief deepens, and he decides to embark on a weight-loss journey to fulfill his uncle's wish, especially after Dina tells him about her agreement with his uncle. Magdy goes to a weight-loss retreat run by his childhood friend Hamada El-Safarout and endures the pains of hunger until he gains strong willpower, leading him to achieve a fit, slender body befitting his youth. He partners with his friend Hamada in founding a successful caricature magazine and invites all his friends and acquaintances to attend the launch and see the new, slim Magdy. Everyone welcomes him warmly, and Dina embraces him, accepting him as her husband. (X-Large)
Tuesday, 10 November 2026
