A love story where ambition wears better clothes than loyalty ever could.
A young couple tries to make a living through freelance. The woman meets her former classmate who became a rich widow and asks for her help to find them better jobs.
Acting
Nour El-Sherif's slow-burn resentment is devastating.
Production
Wealth as costume: every apartment tells a story.
Writing
The title lies to you on purpose. Cheeky.
Director
Ali Abdel-Khalek
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
1981 Egyptian cinema was obsessed with Infitah-era class mobility—this film captures the moral vertigo of sudden economic openness.
Nour El-Sherif and Mervat Amin were real-life frequent co-stars; their onscreen tension here reportedly mirrored actual creative friction.
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