The Criminal (1978)
- Directed by
- Salah Abu Seif
- Country
- Egypt
How it feels
A woman trapped in a loveless marriage begins a secret affair. The consequences of that affair spiral into a series of desperate and damaging choices.
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What happens
The Criminal (Arabic: المجرم transliterated as Shasha’a) is an Egyptian film released on September 3, 1978. The film is directed by Salah Abu Seif and based on the novel Thérèse Raquin by Émile Zola. It is the second adaptation by Abu Seif of this work he first adapted as Your Day Will Come, released in 1951. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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