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Shafika and Metwali
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Wikipedia article
'Chafika et Metwal' ("Chafika et Metwal"," Shafika and Metwali "," Shafika wa Metwalli(y)" (" ") is a 1979 Egyptian drama/romance film starring Souad Hosni and Ahmed Zaki. It was directed and written by Ali Badrakhan from a story by Salah Jahin.[1]
Credits
*music = Fouad Al Zawaheri
*montage = Said Sheik
*released = 1979
*run-time = 2h.5 minutes
*country = Egypt
*language = Arabic
Plot
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.
Cast
* Souad Hosni as Chafika
* Ahmed Zaki as Metwal
* Mahmoud Abdel Aziz as Diab
* Ahmed Mazhar as Tarabishi Bek
* Gamil Ratib as Afandina
* Mahmoud El Guindi
* Ahmed Bedir
* Younes Shalaby
Awards
*"1980: "Tanit d'Bronze Award" for Aly Badrakhan. Carthage Film Festival, Tunisia."
*"1980: "Golden Montgolfiere Award" for Aly Badrakhan. Nantes Three Continents Festival, France."
See also
* Egyptian films of the 1970s
* List of Egyptian films of 1979
References
*" Cinemed, [http://www.cinemed.tm.fr/cgi-bin/film/film.cgi?lemenu=7&id=00503&festi=8&uk=oui&mod=proguk]"
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