A detective's ex becomes a prostitute. He put her there. Now he has to save her.
Raouf gets involved with Azhar in their relationship, graduates and appoints a detective, Raouf abandons Azhar, and marries Rashid's daughter Siham. Azhar marries the pimp Zaghlol, and he forces her to work with him. Raouf surprised Azhar is accused in a case of prostitution. He regrets his abandonment, and stands with her.
Acting
Madiha Kamel's tragic triple-role performance
Direction
Ahmed Yassine's unflinching social realism
Writing
The script's brutal indictment of respectable society
Director
Ahmed Yassine
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This film belongs to Egypt's 1980s 'social problem' wave, when cinema confronted prostitution as systemic rather than individual moral failure.
Mahmoud Yassin and Madiha Kamel were the era's most bankable tragic couple; audiences expected suffering.
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