Artist meets heiress, uncle meets sledgehammer — Egyptian melodrama doesn't do subtle.
Ammar (Amr Saad) is young artist, who falls in love with wealthy girl Nadine (Dorra), but her rich uncle Mahdy disapproves . They decide to get married without his knowledge. But Mahdy's men kidnap Nadine, severely beat Ammar and put him in prison after which his life completely changes.
Acting
Amr Saad's transformation from dreamer to broken man
Direction
El Sobky's unapologetic commitment to suffering
Production
Lavish sets that mock the characters' poverty
Director
Mohamed El Sobky
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
El Sobky productions dominated Egyptian box offices in the 2010s by reviving the classic 'social melodrama' genre that critics sneered at but audiences devoured.
Amr Saad reportedly refused to use a stunt double for the prison beating, resulting in actual injuries that production had to work around.
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