Underplayed Gems

My Sister (1971)

My Sister poster
Original title
أختي
Directed by
Henry Barakat
Genre
drama
Country
Egypt
Runtime
1h 33m
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A young engineer posted to a remote town in Upper Egypt asks his girlfriend to pretend to be his sister to avoid local scandal. Their deception works at first, but gossip soon turns their relationship into a nightmare.

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What happens

Ma sœur est un film égyptien, réalisé par Henri Barakat en 1971. Hassan est un jeune ingénieur encore célibataire. Un soir il rencontre Sawsan, une jeune femme très libre. Il en tombe amoureux. Cependant, quelque temps après, Hassan est muté en Haute-Egypte. L’isolement lui pèse malgré la sympathie que lui manifestent ses voisins, un vieux couple d’origine grecque. Heureusement, Sawsan accepte de le rejoindre. Mais pour ne pas choquer la population locale, elle se fait passer pour sa sœur. Au début, tout va pour le mieux. Sawsan est tout de suite acceptée par les femmes de la petite ville. Mais très vite, les rumeurs et les ragots transforment la vie des deux tourtereaux en un véritable enfer. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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