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Coward in Love (1975)

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Original title
الجبان والحب
Directed by
Hassan Youssef
Country
Egypt
Runtime
1h 53m
Rating
4.7 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A medical student named Magdy meets Souad, the wife of his professor Dr. Fikri. They begin a relationship with complicated consequences.

tensemelancholicdramaticemotionalunsettlingslow-burnromanticforbidden

What happens

الجبان والحب فيلم مصري صدر عام 1975 من إخراج حسن يوسف. تدور أحداث الفيلم عن مجدي الطالب المكافح بكلية الطب، الذي يتعرف على سعاد زوجة أستاذه الدكتور فكري، وتعجب به وتتوسط لزوجها ليلحقه بالعمل في عيادته. ويتورطان في علاقتهما. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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