A son so embarrassed by his dad he'll marry a dancer to escape—what could go wrong?
One of the office boys in a company succeeds in finding a job for his newly graduated son at his employer. But the son is ashamed of his father's job. He meets a dancer, and marries her despite his father's opposition, causing a surprise to change the course of events.
Acting
Shadia's dancer walks in and steals every scene.
Direction
Al-Imam frames shame like a horror film.
Director
Hassan Al-Imam
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This hit Egyptian cinemas during massive urban migration, when rural fathers and white-collar sons literally occupied different worlds—making the shame viscerally contemporary.
Shadia was only 19 here but already Egypt's biggest star; she reportedly improvised her entrance scene after finding the scripted version 'too polite for a dancer.'
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