Balad El Banat (2007)

Original title

Balad el-Banat

Directed by

Amr Bayoumi

Genre

drama film

Country

Egypt

Runtime

1h 42m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Four young women leave their families and move to Cairo on their own. The film follows their everyday experiences as they navigate independence and adulthood.

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What happens

Girls (Arabic: بلد البناتِ, Balad El Banat) is a film by an Egyptian Director, Amr Bayoumi, that was released in 2007 starring Farah Youssef, Somaia Al Joaini, Reem Hijab, Fareeda Al Juraidi. The film was written by Ola El Shafie and produced and distributed by Hani Guirguis Fawzi. The movie revolves around the life experiences of four girls in their early 20s as soon as they move to the city of Cairo alone with no parental guidance. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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