Country: Egypt
Year: 1958
Duration: 115'
Faraj has a gas station on the desert road between Cairo and Alexandria. His two sons, Saber and Hasanen (his favorite), who have two different mothers, live with him. Saber's mother has killed Hasanen's mother. Lawahedh, who is married to Hasanen, tries to seduce Saber, who rejects her. Faraj loses his sight because of a mistake of Hasanen's, but he accuses his other son. Lawahedh kills Hasanen and is then killed by Saber. Saber carries his brother's body in his arms while his blind father continues to call him.
"Every human being in this world has an instinctive side, and I express mine through Imra'atun fi al tariq. Usually people think that one plus one makes two: for me, sometimes it makes five, one hundred, a million, or zero" (Izzuddin Zul Fiqar).
Biography
film director
Izzuddin Zul Fiqar
Izzuddin Zul Fiqar (Cairo, 1919-1963). Director, producer and screenwriter, he is the brother of director Mahmud Zul Fiqar and actor Salah Zul Fiqar. He began his artistic career as director's assistant. He performed in only one film, Khulud (Eternity), which starred his wife Fatim Hamama.
FILMOGRAFIA
Asiru al dhalam (L'ostaggio del buio, 1947), Abu Zeid Al Hilali (1947), Al kullu yughanni (Tutti cantano, 1947), Khulud (Eternità, 1948), Agaza Fi Guhannam (Vacanze all'inferno, 1949), Sahibatu al malalim (La nulla facente, 1949), Ana al madi (Io e il passato, 1951), Salu Qalbi (Chiedetelo al mio cuore, 1952), Qitar al lail (Il treno della notte, 1953), Al shakku al qatil (Il dubbio assassino, 1953), Wafà (1953), Ibnu al hara (Il figlio del quartiere, 1953), Maw'id ma'a al hayat (Appuntamento con la vita, 1953), Aqwa min al hubb (Più forte dell'amore, 1954), Raqssatu al wada'i (Il ballo dell'addio, 1954), Maw'id ma'a al sa'ada (Appuntamento con la felicità, 1954), Inni rahila (Me ne sto andando, 1955), Aghla min eineh (Più caro dei suoi occhi, 1955), Al gha'iba (L'assente, 1955), Shatti'u al dhikrayat (La spiaggia dei ricordi, 1955), Uiun sahrana (Occhi insonni, 1956), Hareb min al hubb (Fuggendo l'amore, 1957), Bor Sa'id (Port Sa'id, 1957), Tariqu al amal (La strada della speranza, 1957), Rudda Qalbi (Restituisci il mio cuore, 1957), Shari'u al hubb (La strada dell'amore, 1958), Imra'atun fi al tariq (Una donna sulla strada, 1958), Al ragiul al thani (Il secondo uomo, 1959), Al banat wa al saif (Le ragazze e l' estate, co-regia Salah Abu Seif e Fattin Abdu Al Wahab, 1960), Nahru al hubb (Il fiume dell'amore, 1960), Al shumu'u al sawdà (Le candele nere, 1962), Maw'id fi al bahr (Appuntamento al mare, 1962), Muharabatu al isha'at (Combattere le menzogne, doc., 1953), Watani al akbar (Oh, mia grande patria, 1961).
Cast
& Credits
Director: Izzuddin Zul Fiqar.
Plot: Abdu Al Haii Adib.
Screenplay: Abdu Al Haii Adib, Izzuddin Zul Fiqar.
Dialogues: Mahmud Abu Yusuf.
Director of photography: Wadid Sirri.
Art director: Antoine Polisois.
Editor: Albert Nagib.
Music: André Rider.
Sound: Nassri Abdu Al Nur.
Cast: Huda Sulttan, Shukri Sarhan, Rushdi Abadha, Zeki Rustum, Amal Farid, Abdu Al Ghani Qamar, Mohammad Tawfiq, Shafiq Nur Al Din.
Production company: Aflam Hilmi Rafla.
Italian distribution: Dolar Film.
Plot: Abdu Al Haii Adib.
Screenplay: Abdu Al Haii Adib, Izzuddin Zul Fiqar.
Dialogues: Mahmud Abu Yusuf.
Director of photography: Wadid Sirri.
Art director: Antoine Polisois.
Editor: Albert Nagib.
Music: André Rider.
Sound: Nassri Abdu Al Nur.
Cast: Huda Sulttan, Shukri Sarhan, Rushdi Abadha, Zeki Rustum, Amal Farid, Abdu Al Ghani Qamar, Mohammad Tawfiq, Shafiq Nur Al Din.
Production company: Aflam Hilmi Rafla.
Italian distribution: Dolar Film.