What happens when you fall for your bestie's dad? 1970s Egyptian melodrama says: absolutely everything.
Student Nahid (Madiha Kamel) falls in love with the doctor (Ahmed Mazhar), the father of her friend (Laila Hamada), and tries to reach his heart, but her mother (Maryam Fakhr El-Din) objects to this and tries to prevent her from doing so, and when he proposes to her mother, which causes her to suffer from a condition... She is severely depressed, so her uncle (Hassan Mustafa) tries to help her accept it.
Acting
Madiha Kamel's wide-eyed longing could stop traffic.
Direction
Ahmad Fouad milks every dramatic pause like it's 1972.
Cinematography
Black-and-white shadows perfect for illicit glances.
Director
Ahmad Fouad
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This film captures 1970s Egyptian cinema's obsession with age-gap romances and family honor melodramas.
Madiha Kamel became Egypt's 'girl next door' star partly through roles like this—wholesome faces hiding chaotic desires.
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