El-toq wa el-iswerah
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 55m
- Released
- 1986
Details
Release year: 1986
Storyline
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.
Top credits
- Sherihan — Fahimah, Farhanah
- Fardous Abdel Hamid — Hazinah
- Ahmed Abdelaziz — El-Haddad el-Gebali, Fahimah's husband
- Samir Abdullatif — Postman