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Shams al-Baroudi Shams al-Muluk Gamil al-Baroudi ( ar, شمس الملوك جميل البارودي) is a retired Egyptian actress who was active in Egyptian films and also Lebanese films during the 1960s and 1970s. Lisa Anderson of the ''Chicago Tribune'' desc ...

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Plot

A young man asks his wife to dance with his boss at a party. The woman gets into an affair with the boss and commits infidelity. Her marriage dissolves and her life worsens. Her son has an illness, so the wife is forced to accept gifts from the boss. Lisa Anderson of the ''

''. uses the film as an example of more liberal filmmaking in Egypt prior to an increase in social conservatism in society. At the party in the beginning of the film, the women wear

hot pants Hotpants or hot pants are extremely short shorts. The term was first used by ''Women's Wear Daily'' in 1970 to describe shorts made in luxury fabrics such as velvet and satin for fashionable wear, rather than their more practical equivalents th ...

and

miniskirts A miniskirt (sometimes hyphenated as mini-skirt, separated as mini skirt, or sometimes shortened to simply mini) is a skirt with its hemline well above the knees, generally at mid-thigh level, normally no longer than below the buttocks; and a ...

. The partygoers dance, smoke cigarettes, and drink alcohol. None of the women are in

hijab In modern usage, hijab ( ar, حجاب, translit=ḥijāb, ) generally refers to headcoverings worn by Muslim women. Many Muslims believe it is obligatory for every female Muslim who has reached the age of puberty to wear a head covering. While ...

Cast

Yousuf Shaaban Yousuf Shaaban Al-Busaidi ( ar, يوسف شعبان يوسف شعبان البوسعيدي; born 4 November 1984), commonly known as Yousuf Shaaban, is an Omani footballer who plays for Dhofar S.C.S.C. Club career In 2011, he moved to Barka-b ...

* Salama Elias *

Nagwa Fouad Nagwa Fouad ( arz, نجوى فؤاد, Arabic: ; born Awatef Mohamed Agami ( arz, عواطف محمد) on 17 January 1939) is an Egyptian belly dancer and actress. She has appeared in around fifty Egyptian films. Family Nagwa was born as Awatef ...

Emad Hamdy Emad Hamdy ( ar, عماد حمدي, ; November 25, 1909 – January 28, 1984) was an Egyptian actor. He was married to the Egyptian actress Shadia between 1953 and 1956. And between 1962 and 1975 he was married to the Egyptian actress Nadia E ...

George Sidhom George Sidhom ( ar, جورج سيدهم; 28 May 1938 – 27 March 2020), was a veteran Egyptian comedian. Early life George Sidhom was born in Sohag, Egypt on 28 May 1938 and married Linda Makram, who is a pharmacist with whom he remained unti ...

References

* Armes, Roy. ''Dictionary of African Filmmakers''.

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, July 11, 2008. .

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Egyptian drama films 1973 films Films directed by Henry Barakat {{Egypt-film-stub

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