Spoiled rich girl Nadia gets jealous after finding out her father's plan to remarry. She tries to break them apart, spreading lies about her new mother-in-law and getting involved with a man twice her age.
Acting
Faten Hamama's deliciously unhinged performance as spoiled Nadia.
Costume
Egyptian golden age glamour that serves LOOKS.
Director
Salah Abu Seif
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Faten Hamama was already Egypt's biggest star when she made this, later becoming Omar Sharif's real-life wife. The chemistry? Method.
Director Salah Abu Seif adapted this from a Taha Hussein novel, using melodrama to critique upper-class moral hypocrisy — though 1950s censorship made him soften the social bite.
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