When your husband forgets you exist, do you wait or wander?
Acting
Nadia Lotfi's eyes do ALL the talking
Direction
Ashraf Fahmy frames desire like a slow burn
Cinematography
Cairo 1978 looks impossibly golden and suffocating
Director
Ashraf Fahmy
Nadia Lotfi
آمال
Nour El-Sherif
محمود
Nabila Obeid
ميرفت
Shoukry Sarhan
كمال الصفتي
Omar Nagy
فتحي
Aida Abdel Aziz
سيدة بالرحلة
Malak Elgamal
انشراح - عمة محمود
Tawfiq Al-Deqen
أمين - زوج انشراح
Nadia Arslan
سوزي - عشيقة شوقي
Ahmed Khamis
وكيل النيابة
Farouq Falawkas
شوقي
Wedad Hamdy
اعتماد
Nadia Shoukry
سيدة بالرحلة
Mahmoud Rashad
أدهم بك - خال محمود
Nahed Samir
والدة محمود
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during Egypt's 'open door' policy era, the film subtly critiques economic modernization leaving women behind.
Nadia Lotfi reportedly fought the studio for this role, rejecting the 'virtuous wife' typecasting that made her famous.
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