Aziza and her husband Abdullah are both day laborers who work on various farms. When Aziza is brutally raped by a guard while she is picking potatoes in a field, she tries to hide the pregnancy and plans to kill the baby once it is born.
Acting
Hamama's eyes do what dialogue cannot.
Direction
Barakat builds dread through potato fields and doorways.
Director
Henry Barakat
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released four years before Nasser's death, the film's critique of rural power structures flew under censorship radar through its 'personal tragedy' framing.
The black-and-white cinematography wasn't merely budgetary—Doctors wanted the harsh contrasts to mirror Aziza's bifurcated existence between public shame and private agony.
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