

Warda's voice will wreck you before the plot even does.
Singer Suhair marries Salah, the well-known owner of the contracting company, and forces her to leave the band. She has a son with him, then discovers that his works are done illegally and leaves him, and he in turn deprives her of seeing her son. A love affair develops between her and Hosni, the band's new director, but Salah comes to her again and promises her integrity. Suhair hesitates to choose.
Acting
Warda's screen presence is absolutely volcanic.
Score
She sings her own emotional devastation. Meta.

Director
Hassan Al-Imam
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Warda was already a massive star in Algeria and Egypt; this film weaponized her real-life vocal power for maximum melodrama.
Rushdy Abaza plays another charming disaster man here, cementing his type as 'hot guy you should absolutely not marry.'
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