7 /10 1 Votes
Initial release 1979 Screenplay Salah Jahin | 7.1/10 IMDb Director Aly Badrakhan Producer Youssef Chahine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cast Soad Hosny, Ahmed Zaki, Ahmed Mazhar, Gamil Ratib Similar Al karnak, Al‑Ra'i wal Nisaa, Khally ballak men ZouZou, Maowid Ala Al Ashaa, Amira My Love | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chafika et Metwal ("Chafika et Metwal"," Shafika and Metwali "," Shafika wa Metwalli(y)" ("شفيقة و متولي") is a 1979 Egyptian drama/romance film starring Souad Hosni and Ahmed Zaki. It was directed and written by Aly Badrakhn from a story by Salah Jahin.[1]
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The film was based on a folktale about brother and sister Shafika and Metwally. Where the wayward sister (Souad Hosni) escapes her petty existence in a small Upper Egyptian village and moves to the city. Chafika's poverty finally takes her to acquire a bad reputation as a belly dancer and kept woman.
Badrakhan gave the story an unconventional socio-political edge by setting it at the middle of the 19th century, when depraved Egyptian Pashas stopped at nothing to increase their wealth and influence, even if it meant trading in their own people’s lives and sacrificing others’ integrity.