A mayor's trophy wife, his lovesick daughter, and the broke music teacher who ruins them all.
The wealthy mayor falls in love with a beautiful, flirtatious young girl, marries her in Cairo and visits her weekly. Samira lives with her father, the mayor, and falls in love with her cousin, Youssef. The wife falls in love with Mahmoud, Samira's music teacher, who visits the house regularly and spends the mayor's money on him. After the mayor falls easy prey to bankruptcy, his cheating wife leaves him, and his daughter tries to save him and uncover the truth.
Acting
Yehia Chahine's devastating downward spiral as the ruined patriarch.
Costume
Shams El-Barudy's Cairo wife wardrobe screams expensive mistake.
Writing
Tight 95-minute tragedy—no fat, all betrayal.
Director
Ahmed Diaa Aldin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Aldin's film captures Egypt's post-Nasser economic anxiety, where old money patriarchs crumble while younger generations scheme.
This was Nour El-Sherif's breakout role as Youssef—three years later he'd be Egypt's biggest star.
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