The Lady of the Black Moons explained

The Lady of the Black Moons
Director:	Samir A. Khouri
Producer:	Sharikat al-Aruz al-ʻĀlamīyah
Music:	Patrick Samson Soso Khoury
Runtime:	106 minutes
Country:	Lebanon
Language:	Egyptian Arabic French

The Lady of the Black Moons (Arabic: سيدة الأقمار السوداء, Sayyidat al-aqmār al-sawdāʼ, French: La dame aux lunes noires) is a 1971 Lebanese fantastique-sexploitation film directed by Lebanese director Samir A. Khouri and featuring a neh predominantly Egyptian main cast. The film had particular success in Tunisia as well as Lebanon.^[1] The Lady of the Black Moons was released on DVD by Sabbah Media Corporation in 2002.^[2]

Plot

Aida (Nahed Yousri) is married to rich and older Sami (Adel Adham) but she still suffers because of her love to Omar (Hussein Fahmy). While Sami's sister Gigi (Shahinaz) grows an affection for Omar, Aida tries to find satisfaction with male prostitutes at the house of Victoria (Theodora Rasi) but she has violent dreams during full moon, reflecting her traumatic past.

Cast

• Nahed Yousri

Aida

• Adel Adham

Sami

• Hussein Fahmy

Omar

• Shahinaz: Gigi / Juliette
• Theodora Rasi: Victoria
• Philippe Akiki: Sami's father

External links

• • Sayyidat al-aqmār al-sawdāʼ at ElCinema

Notes and References

1. http://35mmfrombeirut.com/relevant/a-history-of-lebanese-cinema-the-beginning-of-the-seventies/ A History of Lebanese Cinema – The beginning of the seventies
2. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/56017489 Sayyidat al-aqmār al-sawdāʼ