Samiha catches the acting bug while engaged to the neglectful and food-obsessed Salah who spends most of his time cooking. When a handsome film and television director announces a contest to select Egypt's next star, Samiha becomes determined to win it...even if she has to pretend to be thirteen years old.
Acting
Soad Hosny's elastic physical comedy is pure joy.
Costume
Samiha's schoolgirl disguise vs. her actual glamour.
Direction
Niazi Mostafa balances satire with genuine warmth.
Director
Niazi Mostafa
Soad Hosny
Samiha / Karima سميحة عبدالسلام/ كريمة عبدالسلام
Rushdy Abaza
Kamal Azmy كمال عزمي
Nour El Demerdash
Salah Abdel Samad صلاح عبدالصمد
Nadia Al Gendy
Nadia نادية
Samir Ghanem
Sherif شريف
Zeinab Sedky
Grandma الجدة
Adly Kasseb
Shaker Abdel Samad شاكر عبدالصمد
Amaal Sherif
Karima Abdel Salam كريمة عبدالسلام
Sayed Abdallah
Laila Hamdy
Mostafa Hashem
د. محسن - الدكتور النفسي
Ali Mostafa
جرسون الكازينو
Ezz ElDein Islam
ثروت - الملحن
Saif Allah Mokhtar
فراش الاستوديو
Samia Shokri
Thanaa ثناء - السكرتيرة
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This captures 1960s Egyptian cinema's 'woman's picture' boom, where female stars like Hosny dominated box offices while navigating strict social codes onscreen.
Soad Hosny was actually in her mid-20s playing 'too young for love'—the irony of her playing a woman pretending to be 13 while being Egypt's biggest young star wasn't lost on audiences.
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