A village mayor with absolute power meets his match in a woman who refuses to break.
A story in the Egyptian countryside about an unjust mayor who controls everything in the village with his power.
Acting
Soad Hosny's silent defiance speaks louder than any dialogue.
Direction
Abu Seif builds dread through village rituals and power displays.
Director
Salah Abu Seif
Soad Hosny
Fatma فاطمة
Shoukry Sarhan
Abu el Ela أبو العلا
Sanaa Gamil
Hafiza حفيظة
Salah Mansour
Mayor Etman عتمان- العمدة
Abdel Moneim Ibrahim
Hassan حسان الخفير
Soheir El Morshedy
Sister زوجة أخو العمدة
Hassan El Baroudy
شيخ البلد
Naima ElSoghier
Nazima نظيمه الدايه
Abdel Ghani El Nagdi
Ibrahim ElShamy
المأمور
Eskandar Mansy
المقدس متى
Mohamed Edriss
Hossam Saleh
Ahmed Samy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Banned in several Arab countries for its unflinching critique of rural power structures and 'umda' corruption.
Abu Seif shot this during Nasser's censorship era; the black-and-white aesthetic was partly budget, partly aesthetic choice to evoke Egyptian neorealism.
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