After her father dies, Salwa goes to live with her mother. When her mother gets sick, her father's friend pays the hospital fees and tries to get close to her. But she loves Hamdy, the music teacher.
Acting
Zubaida Tharwat's face does EVERYTHING. Devastating.
Production
Cairo's 1960s elegance in every frame.
Director
ElSayed Bedir
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This captures Egypt's 1960s 'women's weepie' boom — melodramas that let female audiences process rapid social change through sanctioned tears.
Zubaida Tharwat was nicknamed 'The Arab Cinema's Sweetheart' — this role helped cement her image as the ultimate suffering good girl.
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