Al-Tareeq al-Masdood (1958)

Original title

الطريق المسدود

Directed by

Salah Abu Seif

Genre

romance film

Country

United Arab Republic

Runtime

1h 55m

Rating

8.5 of 10 from 2 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.

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How it feels

A young couple faces obstacles in their relationship due to family pressures and societal expectations in Egypt during the 1950s. The story follows their struggle to be together against the barriers around them.

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What happens

The Barred Road (Arabic: الطريق المسدود, translit. Al-Tareeq al-Masdood) is a 1958 Egyptian drama/romance film. 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 was co-written by El Sayed Bedeir and the Nobel Prize-winning writer Naguib Mahfouz. It starred Faten Hamama and Ahmed Mazhar. The film received an award from the Egyptian Catholic Center for Cinema and was selected one of the top 150 films in Egypt in 1996. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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