Al Haram (1965)

Original title

الحرام

Directed by

Henry Barakat

Genre

drama film

Country

Egypt

Runtime

1h 45m

Rating

7.7 of 10 from 15 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A poor rural woman faces a crisis when she becomes pregnant out of wedlock in a conservative Egyptian village. The film follows the harsh judgment she endures from her community.

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What happens

The Sin (Arabic: الحرام, translit. Al Haram ) is a classical 1965 Egyptian drama film directed by Henry Barakat. The film stars Faten Hamama, Zaki Rostom, and Abdullah Gaith and is based on a novel by the same title by Yūsuf Idrīs. The film was nominated for the Prix International award at the 1965 Cannes Film Festival. It was also chosen as one of the best 100 Egyptian film productions in the Egyptian cinema centennial. A survey by Al-Fonoon magazine in 1984 chose it as one of the best ten films in Top 100 films the history of Egyptian cinema. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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