A village girl, Hanaa, gets fascinated by the colorful world of the cinema as a director arrives in the village to film his movie. As Hanaa meets Tamatem, the dressmaker of actress Sally, she gets a job as Sally's maid and crosses paths with Mourad who pushes her to work at cabarets.
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Yehia Chahine
مراد
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Nahed Yousri
هناء
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Ahmed Morsi
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Mariam Fakhr Eddine
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Nabila El Sayed
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Hussein El-Mohandess Director
First release January 10, 1972 · Produced in Egypt · Original title الأضواء
Production
Egypt
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Original title
الأضواء
Original language
Arabic
Spoken on screen
Arabic
Release dates
Egypt · January 10, 1972
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No release date listed for United States.
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