''The Lady of the Black Moons'' ( Arabic: سيدة الأقمار السوداء, ''Sayyidat al-aqmār al-sawdāʼ'',

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: ''La dame aux lunes noires'') is a 1971 Lebanese

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directed by Lebanese director Samir A. Khouri and featuring a neh predominantly

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as well as Lebanon. ''The Lady of the Black Moons'' was released on

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Plot

Aida (Nahed Yousri) is married to rich and older Sami (

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) but she still suffers because of her love to Omar (

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). While Sami's sister Gigi (Shahinaz) grows an affection for Omar, Aida tries to find satisfaction with male prostitutes at the house of Victoria (Theodora Rasi) but she has violent dreams during full moon, reflecting her traumatic past.

Cast

Nahed Yousri Nahed Yousri ( ar, ناهد يسري), also romanised as Nahied Yousri (born 10 May 1949) is an Egyptian actress. Biography Born Nahed Hassan Shukri (), she followed her sister Samia Shukri and made her first appearance in cinema by 1965. Followi ...

: Aida *

: Sami *

: Omar *Shahinaz: Gigi / Juliette *Theodora Rasi: Victoria *Philippe Akiki: Sami's father

References

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''Sayyidat al-aqmār al-sawdāʼ''
at ''ElCinema'' 1971 films Sexploitation films 1970s Arabic-language films Lebanese drama films {{exploitation-film-stub