Eleven ex-husbands wasn't enough—now she's ordering a hit on the one who got away.
Master Toha had eleven ex-husbands, but she wants to marry Rashad the driver, who refuses to marry her. Toha attempts to pressure him through his sister but he also refuses, eventually deciding to hire a killer to get rid of him unless he submits himself.
Acting
Hind Rostom owns every frame as the unhinged Toha.
Direction
El-Saifi balances melodrama with surprisingly sharp social commentary.
Costume
Mid-century Cairo glamour that slaps harder than the plot twists.
Director
Hasan El-Saifi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hind Rostom was Egypt's 'Queen of Seduction,' and Toha weaponized that persona into something far more subversive for 1958.
Director Hasan El-Saifi was known for 'women's films' that let female characters be messy, monstrous, and magnificent—radical for the era.
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