The Road of Hope (film)
Tareeq al-Amal طريق الأمل | |
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Directed by | Ezzel Dine Zulficar |
Written by | Youssef Gohar |
Produced by | Helmy Rafla |
Starring | Faten Hamama Rushdy Abaza Shukry Sarhan |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
Country | Egypt |
Language | Arabic |
Tareeq al-Amal Arabic: طريق الأمل, English: The Road of Hope) is a 1957 Egyptian romance/drama film directed by the Egyptian film director Ezzel Dine Zulficar. It starred Rushdy Abaza, Shukry Sarhan, and Faten Hamama.
(Plot
Faten 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 man 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 does not allow him because of who she is. Faten returns to working as a prostitute. One day, she saves her lover's sister which convinces his mother who accepts her as her son's wife.
References
- "Film summary" (in Arabic). Faten Hamama's official site. Retrieved 2007-01-31.
- "Film trailer" (in Arabic). Faten Hamama's official site. Retrieved 2007-01-31.
- The Road of Hope at IMDb
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