A carnival girl catches a rich man's eye, but his mother has OTHER plans.
Baheya, a poor singing and dancing girl in a family of carnival entertainers, falls in love with a wealthy writer named Ashraf. She later takes a factory job and is followed there by Ashraf; he eventually asks her to marry him. Baheya agrees to the proposal. When Ashraf presents her as his intended bride to his mother Eqbal she objects because of their social and class differences.
Acting
Soad Hosny's eyes do ALL the talking.
Costume
Baheya's carnival glam vs. factory drab.
Score
Music numbers that advance the plot, not pause it.
Director
Samir Seif
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during Egypt's Open Door policy era, the film mirrors anxieties about new money and old social hierarchies.
Soad Hosny insisted on doing her own dancing; the carnival sequences were shot in actual Cairo street fairs.
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