Nahr al-Hob

The River of Love, is a 1960 Egyptian romance film starring Faten Hamama and Omar Sharif. The film is directed by the Egyptian film director Ezzel Dine Zulficar and based on Leo Tolstoy's novel, Anna Karenina. The film was listed in the top 150 Egyptian films in 1996. Taher Pasha , a wealthy and powerful man, falls in love with Nawal and decides to marry her. Influenced by the money, her brother Mamdouh forces her to marry the Pasha. She accepts and marries Taher. After their marriage, Nawal's life turns into a miserable one, living lonely in the Pasha's house. She gets pregnant and gives... birth to her only child. A young police officer named Khalid falls in love with Nawal, who mutually shares the love. For months the lovers keep their relationship a secret until Taher Pasha finds out that his wife might be having an affair. She faces her tyrant husband and demands a divorce, but he refuses. Nawal's brother threatens Taher of publicly revealing his wrongdoings and transgressions to the press if he wouldn't divorce Nawal. Nawal travels with Khalid to Lebanon.
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