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Daddy as a Bridegroom (1950)

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Original title
بابا عريس
Directed by
Hussein Fawzi
Genre
drama, music
Country
Kingdom of Egypt
Runtime
1h 52m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy man leaves his family to pursue another woman, Qashta, who loves a man named Batata who helped her career. His daughters travel to Cairo to find him, with help from a young man who pretends to be wealthy and tries to trick one of them.

melodramaticemotionalfamily-centeredyearninglushnostalgicmusicaltense

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