Summary Based on a novel by Yahia Al Tahir Abdulla, the film focuses on Hazina (Fardous Abdel Hamid), who lives in Karnak, Luxor, with her paralyzed husband (Ezzat El Alaili), her daughter and granddaughter (both played by Sherihan). The family desperately awaits the return of the son (also played by Ezzat El Alaili) from Sudan. Hazina, her daughter, and granddaughter contend with the daily injustices and discrimination of their patriarchal, misogynist society. One marries a sexually impotent man, while the other falls pregnant out of wed-lock, incurring the wrath of her uncle, who kills her. View more details
Directed : Khairy Beshara
Written : Khairy Beshara Yehia Tahir Abdallah Yehia Azmi
Stars : Ahmed Abdelaziz Fardous Abdel Hamid Sherihan Samir Abdullatif
Genres : Thriller Crime Drama Music
Release date : Jun 6, 1986
Countries of origin : Egypt
Language : Arabic
Summary Based on a novel by Yahia Al Tahir Abdulla, the film focuses on Hazina (Fardous Abdel Hamid), who lives in Karnak, Luxor, with her paralyzed husband (Ezzat El Alaili), her daughter and granddaughter (both played by Sherihan). The family desperately awaits the return of the son (also played by Ezzat El Alaili) from Sudan. Hazina, her daughter, and granddaughter contend with the daily injustices and discrimination of their patriarchal, misogynist society. One marries a sexually impotent man, while the other falls pregnant out of wed-lock, incurring the wrath of her uncle, who kills her. View more details
Genres : Thriller Crime Drama Music
Release date : Jun 6, 1986
Countries of origin : Egypt
Language : Arabic
