La Tutf'e al-Shams

La Tutf'e al-Shams is a 1961 Egyptian romance film. Directed by the Egyptian film director Salah Abu Seif, this film is based on a novel with the same name written by the Egyptian novelist Ihsan Abdel Quddous and co-written by Helmy Halim. The film was presented in the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 1962 and was selected as one of the best 150 Egyptian film productions in 1996. The film starred Faten Hamama, Imad Hamdi, Nadia Lutfi, Ahmed Ramzy, Shukry Sarhan and Layla Taher. An aristocratic family is torn down after the death of its patriarch. He leaves alone his widow wife and... five of his daughters and sons. His eldest son, Ahmed , takes the role of the man in the house and helps his mother take care of his brother and sisters. Mamdouh , his brother, is a self-centered man who refuses to follow his brother's step and decides to make his own decisions in his life. Meanwhile, despite restricting social conventions, Layla falls in love with her piano teacher, a married man who is years older than she is, and marries him.
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