Underplayed Gems

The Guilty (1975)

The Guilty poster
Original title
المذنبون
Directed by
Said Marzouk
Genre
drama, crime
Country
Egypt
Runtime
1h 51m
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A police investigation into the murder of an actress spreads through a web of powerful and corrupt people in Egyptian society. The detectives follow leads that connect the victim to influential figures, revealing a system built on secrets and abuse.

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What happens

The Guilty (Arabic: المذنبون, translit: Al Mothneboon) is a 1975 Egyptian crime thriller based on a story of Egyptian writer Naguib Mahfouz and directed by Said Marzouk. It features an ensemble cast that includes Hussein Fahmy, Salah Zulfikar, Emad Hamdy, Kamal El-Shennawi, Zubaida Tharwat and featuring Soheir Ramzi as Sanaa Kamel, among others. The events of the film center around a murder in which the actress Sanaa Kamel is the victim, and the investigations that extend to all those connected with the dead woman, until the investigations also reach to its branching relationships with several prominent and influential people in power showing all types of corruption in the society at the time. The Guilty was released in 1976 and is listed in the Top 100 films in Egyptian cinema of the 20th century. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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