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Lak Yawm Ya Zalem (1951)

Lak Yawm Ya Zalem poster
Original title
لك يوم يا ظالم
Directed by
Salah Abu Seif
Genre
drama film
Country
Egypt
Runtime
1h 50m
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman is trapped in a loveless marriage and begins a secret affair with her husband's friend. Their deception leads to a series of devastating consequences for everyone involved.

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What happens

Your Day Will Come (Arabic: لك يوم يا ظالم, Lak Yawm Ya Zalem; sometimes referred to in English as Your Day Is Coming) is a classic 1951 Egyptian crime thriller film directed by Salah Abouseif. It starred Faten Hamama, Mahmoud el-Meliguy, Mohammed Tawfik and Mohsen Sarhan and was chosen as one of the best 150 Egyptian film productions in 1996, during the Egyptian Cinema centennial. The film was presented in the Berlin International Film Festival. The film is inspired by Zola's novel Thérèse Raquin. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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