Reem's mother dies after being in a heavy accident, so her daughter puts the suffering that happened to her before her eyes, as their mother suffered because of her married husband, and the inferiority view of women in Upper Egypt.
Acting
Sherihan's Reem simmers with inherited grief turned weapon.
Direction
Hussein Kamal lets silences scream louder than dialogue.
Director
Hussein Kamal
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Filmed during Egypt's 1980s cinema boom, when directors could finally show rural women's realities without state censorship softening the blow.
Sherihan was only 19 here—her first dramatic role before becoming the musical icon of 90s Egyptian TV.
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