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الاعتراف (1965)

الاعتراف poster
Country
Egypt
Runtime
2h 12m

How it feels

Childhood friends Ahmed and Nawal grow up loving each other. Ahmed leaves for Cairo and stops contacting her, so she marries his older brother Ibrahim. When they visit Ahmed, Nawal learns a secret about her mother Aziza's separation from her father Abbas. Abbas takes revenge on Ahmed and they both drown, while Aziza burns to death. Overwhelmed by these betrayals and losses, Nawal kills herself.

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What happens

ينمو الحب بين أحمد و نوال منذ الصغر، تفاجئت نوال برحيل أحمد إلى القاهرة ليستقر هناك وعندما تنقطع أخباره عنها تتزوج من أخيه الأكبر إبراهيم، يسافرون لزيارته تنفرد به نوال و تستفسر عن سبب تخليه عنها يفاجئها بحقيقة أمها عزيزه التي تنفصل عن والدها عباس فينتقم منه عباس فيصحبه في قارب و يحاول إغراقه يموت الاثنين بينما تحترق عزيزه تثور نوال على أحمد ولا تتحمل الصدمة فتنتحر. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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