''Pleasure and Suffering'' ( ar, المتعة والعذاب, al-Mutåt wal-Âzab
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or al-Moutʾah wal-ʾadhâb
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) is an Egyptian film made circa 1971.
[ The film was directed by ]Niazi Mostafa
Niazi Mostafa ( arz, نيازي مصطفى) was an Egyptian film director.
Egyptian Cinema
Egyptian movie critic Samīr Farīd wrote that Mostafa was one of " e most important directors in the history of Egyptian cinema".
In 1936, he directed s ...
.[ The principal actors are ]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 ...
and Nour al-Sherif.[
The main characters are a group of four friends. Nana (Baroudy), a fashion designer, is the leader of the group. Nana has a fear of men, and she expresses anguish when her girlfriend Salwa ( Safa' Abu Sâoud) says that her father is arranging a marriage for Salwa to one of her father's coworkers. Samar Habib, author of ''Female Homosexuality in the Middle East: Histories and Representations'', describes Nana as an "ice-queen".][ Elham (]Suhair Ramzi
Soheir Ramzi (; born 3 March 1950) is an Egyptian actress.
Early life and career
Her mother is Dorreya Ahmed who is also an actress. Ramzi's first appearance in the cinema when she was approximately six years old, through their appearance in ...
) compulsively steals. She receives sexual pleasure from stealing. The fourth friend is Fifi. Another character is Âdel (Nour Sherif), a male character who is later revealed in the film as a con-man. Âdel expresses an interest in Nana, but Fifi tells Âdel that "she does not like men, she has a complex."[ Ultimately Âdel and Nana fall in love.][Habib, p]
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Habib said "The representation of female sexuality in this film thus tends towards the popular understanding that homosexual inclination in women is born out of trauma or a hatred for men, which can be corrected if the right man comes along."[ Habib argues that the film portrays female homosexuality as something that is transient.][
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See also
* Cinema of Egypt
The cinema of Egypt refers to the flourishing film industry based in Cairo, sometimes also referred to as Hollywood on the Nile. Since 1976, the capital has held the annual Cairo International Film Festival, which has been accredited by the Intern ...
* '' All My Life''
* ''A Girl Named Maĥmood
''A Girl Named Mahmoud'' ( ar, بنت اسمها محمود; ''Bint Ismaha Maĥmood'') is a 1975 Egyptian comedy film directed by Niasi Mustafa.
Samar Habib, author of ''Female Homosexuality in the Middle East: Histories and Representations'', wro ...
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* ''Malatily Bathhouse
''Malaṯily Bathhouse'' ( ar, حمام الملاطيلي "Ĥamam al-Malaṯily") is a 1973 Egyptian film directed by Salah Abu Seif. The main actors are Shams al-Baroudi and Yusuf Shåban. It is adapted from a novel by Ismåeel Walieddin. Sama ...
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References
* Armes, Roy. ''Dictionary of African Filmmakers''. Indiana University Press
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, July 11, 2008. , 9780253000422.
* Habib, Samar. ''Female Homosexuality in the Middle East: Histories and Representations''. Routledge
Routledge () is a British multinational publisher. It was founded in 1836 by George Routledge, and specialises in providing academic books, journals and online resources in the fields of the humanities, behavioural science, education, law, and ...
, July 18, 2007. , 9780415956734.
Notes
Egyptian LGBT-related films
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