The Road of Hope (film) explained

Tareeq al-Amal
طريق الأمل
Director:Ezz El-Dine Zulficar
Producer:Helmy Rafla
Starring:Faten Hamama
Rushdy Abaza
Shukry Sarhan
Runtime:105 minutes
Country:Egypt
Language:Arabic

Tareeq al-Amal (Arabic: طريق الأمل, The Road of Hope) is a 1957 Egyptian romance/drama film directed by the Egyptian film director Ezz El-Dine Zulficar.[1] It starred Rushdy Abaza,[2] Shukry Sarhan, and Faten Hamama.

Plot

Saneya (Faten Hamama) is a young woman whose mother suffers from a malicious disease that forbids her from working. This leaves her and her mother with no money, which forces her to work as a prostitute. One day she meets a Hussein (Shukry Sarhan) who sympathizes with her situation and decides to save her from this unpleasant work. He falls in love with her and decides to marry her, but his mother (Ulweya Gameel) does not allow him because of who she is. Saneya returns to working as a prostitute. One day, she saves her lover's sister (Zahret El-Ula) which convinces his mother who accepts her as her son's wife.

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Notes and References

  1. http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/5/32/278438/Arts--Culture/Film/Remembering-Ahmed-Mazhar-The-knight-of-Egyptian-ci.aspx "Remembering Ahmed Mazhar: The knight of Egyptian cinema"
  2. Book: Mustafa Darwish. Dream Makers on the Nile: A Portrait of Egyptian Cinema. 1998. American University in Cairo. 978-977-424-429-2. 35.