Sleepless (1957)
- Original title
- لا أنام
- Directed by
- Salah Abu Seif
- Genre
- drama film, romance film, melodrama
- Country
- Egypt
- Runtime
- 2h 07m
- Rating
- 6.3 of 10 from 14 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A young woman from a broken home becomes obsessed with her father and tries to sabotage his romantic relationships. The film follows her complicated emotional journey and the impact on those around her.
melodramaticemotionaltensepsychologically intensefamilialdramaticclassic
What happens
Sleepless (Arabic: لا أنام, translit. La Anam) is a 1957 Egyptian melodrama film. The film follows the intricate story of Nadia Lutfi, a daughter of divorced parents who suffers from Electra complex, which drives her to intervene in her father's relationships. Directed by the Egyptian film director Salah Abu Seif, this film is based on a novel with the same name written by the Egyptian novelist Ihsan Abdel Quddous. The film, which is currently ranked the 29th best Egyptian film by the cinema committee of the Supreme Council of Culture in Cairo, starred Faten Hamama, Yehia Chahine, Mariam Fakhr Eddine, Omar Sharif, Emad Hamdy, Hind Rostom and Rushdy Abaza. It was released on DVD as part of the Egyptian Cinema Classics film collection. Sleepless is one of the ten first Egyptian colored films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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