A chance meeting at an auction brings together Sawsan, a working-class girl and Adel, heir to a vast fortune with several estates to his name. This leads to a whirlwind marriage. This development spells trouble for Adel's fair-weather bourgeois clique, who are used to manipulating him with their own financial interests at heart.
Acting
Faten Hamama's side-eye could end careers.
Cinematography
Black-and-white Alexandria that'll break your heart.
Costume
Sawsan's transformation wardrobe is *chef's kiss*.
Director
Kamal El Sheikh
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hamama and Sharif were THE golden couple of Arab cinema; this was one of five films they made together while actually married.
Director Kamal El Sheikh was known as 'the Egyptian Hitchcock' for his suspense work, which makes this romance oddly tense in places.
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