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Sunset and Sunrise (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Sunset and Sunrise' (Egyptian Arabic: translit: 'Ghoroub wa Shorouq') is 1970 Egyptian political film directed by Kamal El Sheikh. It is one of the Greatest 100 films in the history of the Egyptian cinema. The film stars Soad Hosny, Salah Zulfikar, Rushdy Abaza and Mahmoud El-Meliguy.
Plot
The events occur in early 1952 where secret patriotic organizations are rising all over the country. One of these organizations is headed by 'Amin Akef' with the aim of overthrowing the King and his associates including 'Azmi Pasha' the head of the political police. 'Amin' is a pilot who has two best friends, 'Essam' and Samir. 'Samir' is married to 'Madiha' who is the daughter of 'Azmi Pasha'. She imagines that she can live outside of her father's control, so she asks her husband to live alone outside the palace walls, but 'Azmi Pasha' refuses.
After the Cairo fire was extinguished in January 1952. 'Azmi Pasha' reassures that the situation has been controlled and that there is no danger. Then a quarrel occurs between 'Madiha' and 'Samir' because he could not persuade the father to leave the palace. 'Madiha' gets bored as a result of her husband's travel on one of his trips. She calls anonymously one of 'Samirs' friends by phone. He is 'Essam', who she knows has many women's adventures, and at first she imagines that it is a kind of change to the boredom and monotony of her life. She goes to him in his apartment, 'Essam' leaves her to buy some household supplies, but a car hits him, and he is taken to the hospital, and he searches for one of his friends to save the woman inside his apartment, 'Amin' was busy and unfortunately, only 'Samir' was available to help, who arrived at the hospital and 'Essam' tells him what happened and asks him to release this woman, without knowing that she is his wife, at home 'Samir' is stunned by finding his wife in his best friends apartment, he divorces her after he attacks her in front of her father, who plots an accident to kill 'Samir'.
'Amin' and 'Essam' feel the shock of their friends assassination. At a time when they were mourning their best friend, 'Azmi Pasha' begins to try to pressure 'Essam' to marry his daughter 'Madiha' to try to avoid the scandal. 'Amin' finds it a great opportunity to penetrate 'Azmi Pashas' palace and indeed, 'Essam' marries 'Madiha' and lives in the palace.
From the Pasha's safe. 'Essam' delivers 'Azmi Pashas' secrets to the patriotic organization. 'Amin' prints it in the form of 'Azmi Pasha's' mmoire and distributed it everywhere even in the Saray, and the Saray demands that he submit his resignation. 'Azmi Pasha' tries to hit the elements opposed to him through 'Essam' and 'Amin', but he does not succeed. 'Azmi Pasha' is arrested, and during the farewell, 'Essam' tells 'Madiha' how much he loves her, but she asks that they be separated forever. He leaves with 'Amin' and organize their next meeting in their patriotic organization.
Primary cast
* Soad Hosny: Madiha
* Salah Zulfikar: Amin Akef
* Rushdy Abaza: Essam
* Mahmoud El-Meliguy: Azmi Pasha
* Ibrahim Khan: Samir
* Mohamed El-Dafrawi: Farid Makram
* Salah Nazmi: Police officer
* Kamal Yassin: Ashraf El-Buhairi
* Nadia Saif Al-Nasr: Sharifa Hanim
* Helmy Helali: Member of the organization
* Hassan Atl: Worker in the palace
* Mimi Gamal: Essams friend
* Zizi Mustafa: Essams friend
* Rabab: Amins friend
* Gazebeya Fouad
* Adawy Ghaith
References
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