In Egypt, mental health is not usually the main topic that may drive the plot-line of a film and oftentimes, those who are portrayed as ‘suffering from mental health issues’ in Egyptians films are usually highly stylized or dramatized. Although there have indeed been other Egyptian films that have somehow discussed mental health issues, such as the slightly more recent 2008 film Asef ala el Ezaag (Sorry to Disturb) starring Ahmed Helmy in which a genius engineer struggles with loneliness and depression, there has not yet been enough discussion around mental health in Egyptian film – most especially not as significantly and analytically as Be’r al Herman (A Well of Deprivation).