A harmonica-playing loner, a desperate wife, and 90 minutes of Egyptian melodrama that hits harder than it has any right to.
A poor wife searches for her husband to clear her name of a wrongful accusation of adultery. She meets Shaheen, a gallant worker who loves to play the harmonica and seeks to help her, despite the problems he faces in his life. Together they face all difficult circumstances.
Acting
Mahmoud Abdel Aziz's weary, musical everyman
Direction
Negaida's unflinching working-class Cairo
Director
Fakhur Al-Din Negaida
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This captures a specific moment in Egyptian cinema when social realist dramas briefly flourished before blockbuster comedies took over.
Mahmoud Abdel Aziz learned harmonica specifically for this role and kept playing for years after.
EG
