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, this film is based on a novel with the same name written by the Egyptian

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in 1960 and co-written by

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. The film was presented in the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 1962 and was selected as one of the best 150 Egyptian film productions in 1996. The film starred

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, Ahmed Ramzy,

Shukry Sarhan Mohamed Shoukry El Husseiny Sarhan (1925–1997, ar, محمد شُكري الحسيني سرحان, Muḥammad Shukrī al-Ḥusaynī Sirḥān), better known as Shoukry Sarhan ( ar, شُكري سرحان, Shukrī Sirḥān), was an Egyptian ...

and Layla Taher.

Plot

An aristocratic family is torn down after the death of its patriarch. He leaves alone his widow wife and five of his daughters and sons. His eldest son, Ahmed (

), takes the role of the man in the house and helps his mother take care of his brother and sisters. Mamdouh ( Ahmed Ramzy), his brother, is a self-centered man who refuses to follow his brother's step and decides to make his own decisions in his life. Meanwhile, despite restricting social conventions, Layla (

) falls in love with her piano teacher, a married man who is years older than she is, and marries him. The other two daughters accept their conditions and move on. Layla and Mamdouh's impetuous decisions result in unfortunate consequences. Layla divorces her husband shortly after their marriage and Mamdouh dies in a car accident after a quarrel. Ahmed finds the strength to face his brother's death and enrolls in the army to fight in the war. His sister falls in love with another soldier in the war, and Ahmed himself falls in love with a woman and marries her.

Cast

as Layla *

as Fathi *

as Ahmed's girlfriend and wife * Ahmed Ramzy as Mamdouh *

as Ahmed * Layla Taher as Nabila

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tutf'e al-Shams, La 1961 films 1960s Arabic-language films 1961 romantic drama films Films based on Egyptian novels Films based on romance novels Egyptian romantic drama films