Some Suffering [shay min al-azab] (1969) - (Soad Hosny) Egyptian movie poster F, NM $55 *
Size: 27" x 39"
Price: $55
Condition: Folded Near Mint
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This is a 27" x 39" undated rerelease poster designed to promote the
1969 123-minute Salah Abouseif color film Some Suffering [shay
min al-azab] starring Soad Hosny based on a story by Ahmed Ragab with
screenplay by Naguib Mahfouz and Youssef Francis and cinematography by
Ibrahim Shamat. Plot summary: Elham [Soad Hosny] fled from her
mother's husband after he tried to rape her and she had beaten and
killed him with an umbrella in self-defense. She took refuge at a
villa in Sidi Abdel Rahman at the studio of the artist Ahmed Khaled
[Yehia Chahine]. She introduced herself to him as Salwa, claiming she
had been on a school trip and lost the way. He tried to drive her out
but she pleaded that she would stay with him one night only and he
accepted. In the morning Sherif the artist [Hassan Youssef] appeared,
who was surprised to see this girl. She claimed falsely that she was
Ahmed Khaled's niece and had been living in Khartoum. She asked him
to help her stay and not travel. Salwa had Sherif make a statue of
her so she would have to stay in the villa until it was finished.
While Sherif was making the statue he began to love her but Salwa
deeply loved Ahmed. Sherif went to his boss to ask for Salwa's hand.
Ahmed was astonished, began to be concerned about Salwa and asked her
to leave the house. Salwa felt she had failed in her love with Ahmed
and tried to commit suicide by drowning herself in the sea. Ahmed
asked Sherif to save her and admitted the truth to him. Sherif
insisted on his love for Salwa. Ahmed felt the difference in age
between himself and Salwa and could not continue with this love. He
left her a letter of apology, left the house and took refuge with his
friend the musician Hussein Shukry [Abdel Moneim Madbouly], who
believed the age difference makes no difference to an artist and that
an artist's love cannot be measured. Sherif saw Salwa's picture in
magazines. She had confessed, surrendered, gone to trial and been
found innocent on grounds of self-defense. The artist Ahmed Khaled
left her life and returned with Sherif to make a new life.
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