A rivalry between the region's bosses shows the misuse of power and rank and its consequences even against a young couple who dared to rebel against planned but unwanted marriage to one of them, a story of injustice and abuse .
Acting
Nour El-Sherif and Nabila Obeid's devastating chemistry.
Direction
Ashraf Fahmy's unflinching portrayal of institutional cruelty.
Director
Ashraf Fahmy
Nour El-Sherif
Shatta Al-Hajri
Farid Shawqy
El-Denarii
Adel Adham
Al-Shibli - Fatwa Al-Atuf
Nabila Obeid
Widad Tanahi
Karima Mokhtar
Umm Shata
Tawfiq Al-Deqen
Tabaa El-Deek
Hafez Amin
Tanahi - Al-Taamji
Farouq Fath-Allah
One of Al-Shibli’s men
Saeed Saleh
Hanafi El-Abiyad
Haridi Omran
Omran Bahr
Motawie Eweiss
From Al-Shibli's men
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during Sadat's Egypt, the film's critique of rural power structures slipped past censors who missed its broader political allegory.
Farid Shawqy improvised El-Denarii's terrifying wedding speech, drawing from real encounters with village strongmen during his Delta upbringing.
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