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My Mother's Fiancé (1971)

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Original title
خطيب ماما
Directed by
Fatin Abdelwehab
Genre
drama, comedy, romance
Country
Egypt
Runtime
1h 27m
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman tells her friend about a sexual relationship with a man who left her. She gives her friend a letter she wrote to him, but the letter is found by two other men. They wrongly believe the friend wrote it and try to help her because they fear she might harm herself.

light-heartedcomedicromanticslightly tenseemotionaldramaticconfessionalmistaken identity

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