The film follows Manal, a young girl living in the poor town of Dar Elsalam in Cairo. After she graduates from a commerce secondary school, she decides to find a job and live individually. When a firnd offers her a job as a maid in an old man's house, her life turns upside down after the man sexually assaults her, and she finds herself forced to marry him.
Acting
Randa El Behairy's committed performance deserves better material.
Director
Tony Nabiah
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Dar El Salam is a real working-class Cairo district, making this a rare Egyptian film centering poverty without glamorization.
Director Tony Nabiah's background in theater explains the melodramatic staginess, but not the tonal whiplash between assault and rom-com beats.
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