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Layla Olwy

Layla Olwy

Layla Olwy is an Egyptian actress, born to an Egyptian father and a Greek mother. Her full name is Leyla Ahmed E’lwy and her career began when she was still quite young with Abla Fadeela at the Radio broadcast and Mama Samiha on children programming on television. Leyla studied at French schools and graduated in 1991 from the faculty of commerce. She took small parts in films as a child and performed in several titles. Nour el-Shereef noticed her talents on stage. Leyla took part in the television series “Dimoo’ Fawq al-Haqiqa” (“Tears Over the Truth”) in her first television role as a mature actress. Among the stage productions which she has taken part in are “al-Brenseesa” (“The Princess”). The actress was also honored at several festivals including the Love Festival of 2002. She could be considered among the most intelligent actresses in her generation and her performances were particularly memorable in “al-Muzniboon” (“The Guilty”) and “Kharag wa lam Ya’od” (“He Left but did not Return”).

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The Con Artist (2024)

A master con artist, Shahinez El Marashli, returns to Egypt after twenty years to reclaim a rare diamond she buried before fleeing the country. But when she discovers that the bodies in the cemetery have been relocated, she must reunite with her children t ...

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A Toxic Marriage (2024)

Karim and Farida want to get married. Worlds collide when families meet. Karim's family is conservative and his parents do not approve of Farida's liberal background, so they resort to a series of funny tricks and pranks to stop the wedding. Will their lov ...

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Maqsoom (2024)

Hind, Emy and Rania can't really stand each other. In the 90s, during their university years, they used to sing together in a band in before personal differences tore them apart. When they receive an invitation to sing together in Aswan, the three women re ...

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The Shanabs (2023)

Laila is distressed by her mother's control over her life. When a family member dies, she travels with her mother to Alexandria to attend the funeral, then many comical situations occur during the presence of the large extended family, which consists of fo ...

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Sugar Daddy (2023)

Shawki starts an affair with a dancer, Natalia, and takes her on a weekend getaway in Sahl Hasheesh. When his sons find out about his secret, they decide to salvage their parents' relationship and travel to Sahl Hasheesh to confront him. ...

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200 Pounds (2021)

The story revolves around 200 pounds that get passed on from one person to another from different social classes and residential places. ...

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Mom Is Pregnant (2021)

When their sixty-something mother announces she's pregnant, Esam and Basem find themselves in hilarious situations as they try to get her to have an abortion. ...

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Brooks, Meadows and Lovely Faces (2016)

Yehia runs a catering business with his sons, Ref'at and Galal; the former is engaged to marry Karima, who actually loves his brother and is trying to find a way to reveal her feelings for him; while he himself is in love with Shadia who just returned from ...

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Juliet's Pants (2012)

A young man becomes jealous when his girlfriend wears tight trousers, which becomes the cause of all their differences, and through that idea it addresses the problems that happen between couples in general. ...

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The Baby Doll Night (2008)

Hossam, an Egyptian tour guide working in the US, comes to Egypt on vacation during New Year's Eve and hopes to spend a romantic night with his wife in their hotel. Unbeknownst to him, Awadain the terrorist who has other plans for the hotel that night. ...

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The Seventh Heaven (2007)

People enter into temptation and with true love, their hearts are purified and their souls soar into the seven skies. Bakr is a Sufi Tanoura dancer who falls in love with Hanan from his Ramadan audience and both give up prostitution. Tawhida, Bakr's ex-wif ...

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I Love Cinema (2004)

A child who loves the cinema struggles with a fanatic dad who finds everything (including cinema) a sin, and a mother who is sexually repressed. ...

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Girl's Love (2004)

The story of three half-sisters who are united when their father dies and his will dictates they live together if they are to get their inheritance. The three sisters; the passionate Nada, the westernized Roqaya, and the tempered Ghada, have to work out th ...

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Ragol Laho Maddi (2000)

The elderly millionaire Shaker feels that his end is near during his treatment in Germany, and he tries to search for his daughter, whom he had from an illegitimate relationship. Hamido takes advantage of this opportunity and introduces Manal as his lost d ...

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Light and fire (1999)

The film takes place in a village, through Sharqi Al-Dayah and her only spoiled son Ahmed, who is not good at anything and who meets Bandariya Al-Ghazia, who incites him to kill his mother for refusing their marriage, so he resorts to one of the fugitives, ...

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Smile, The Photo Comes Out Better (1998)

Photographer Sayed Gharib leaves his hometown and moves Cairo to be close to the Faculty of Medicine that his daughter Tahani attends. ...

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Our Blessed Aunt (1998)

Abdel Aziz returned to Cairo from an Arab country where he worked there. He goes to his aunt's apartment, discovers that she has become an apartment for prostitution, and denies her apartment owner that she is his aunt, and when he learns that he has a fo ...

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A Girl Called Apple (1997)

Zeenat, who everyone calls apple for her beauty, suffers from the domination of her boss Qadriya, who can't have kids despite her ninth marriage to Fouad. Qadriya asks Zeenat's husband Hassan to divorce his wife ,so that Zeenat marries Fouad for nine month ...

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Hallak Hoosh (1997)

Three marginal figures who live on the roof overlooking an open-air cinema, strive to find work that would help them to live. Desperate as they are, they decide to rob a small bank branch imitating a foreign film that they watched at the open-air cinema. ...

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Traffic Light (1996)

The film depicts different group of characters who are held up by a traffic sign. A romantic love story grows between Re'u (Mohamed Fuad), the football fan and Samia (Laila Alawi), the nurse who loves to sing. And Naeamat who's having a baby and wants to g ...

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O Lovely Life (1996)

Batta, Sakina, and Nawal .. Three friendly girls, neighbors from one lane, with similar difficult social conditions and also the dream of marriage before spinsterhood. ...

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The Third Man (1995)

Kamal Hussain is a fighter pilot discharged from military service. After his wife leaves him, he works on a helicopter in an oil company. A big drug dealer tries to lure him to transfer a major shipment, while he informs his boss at work , cooperating with ...

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Too Little Love.. Too Much Violence (1995)

Talaat, the son of wealthy merchant Morsi, lives under pressure from his father to marry the poor girl Fatima. Talaat rebels on his father and divorces Fatima. He meets Eng. Younis, the son of a senior politician and decides to marry his sister to gain pow ...

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Obedience Warning (1993)

College student Amina (Leila Alawi) and lawyer Ibrahim (Mahmoud Hamida) are in love but many social and economic reasons prevent them from getting married. They decide to marry customarily in the presence of friends as witnesses on the contract paper. ...

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Axe in the head (1992)

In one of the rural areas of Upper Egypt, the "Najawi" works on a ferry owned by the people to transport the people between the two banks of the river with symbolic reward, to get love and respect for everyone despite his poverty and satisfaction with the ...

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Alhajar alddayir (1992)

(Adel) A simple employee who is married to (Azizah) who works as a school, has three children, and is unable to meet his financial obligations towards his family. He learns about the honor of the businesswoman, who is suspicious of the activities and is da ...

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Ai Ai (1992)

Zeinab's father dreams to have a decent Funeral like the ones of important society figures. will zeinab be able to achieve her father's wish?. ...

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Ai Ai (1992)

Zainab 's father dead body is mistaken for the body of a high minister which is planed to march through a public parade. Comparison between the life and death of the poor and the rich and powerful is made in a comic way. ...

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Alhajar alddayir (1992)

Adel is a simple employee who is married to a teacher, and has three children but faces financial troubles. He meets Iglal,the corrupt businesswoman,who marries him and he becomes rich. Then he meets Sherine, another rich woman and marries her also. Till h ...

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Helaly Grip (1991)

The story revolves around Dr. Laila Al-Hilali, who lives with her brother, Saber Al-Hilali, a tour guide and archaeologist and martial arts artist. To receive the reward due to Saber's preoccupation with his work, Laila is subjected to an attempted rape by ...

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Silence! (1991)

The married couple Hommos and Halawa perform their choreographic show in the street, to the amusement of a record label owner who records a song for them. When a famous singer called Ghandour steals their song, they embark on a journey to take revenge. ...

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Al Makhtufa (1991)

A collision occurs between a taxi driven by Hussein and the car of Nevin, the daughter of millionaire Ratib Barakat, which leads to the taxi being destroyed, so he harms her and drags her to the police station. Ratib Barakat expresses his willingness to pa ...

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The Stoners (1991)

A group of stoners has a story each, including Nadia who loves Samir, but he refuses to marry her because she's poor, Ahmed the impotent, Talaat the deviant, and Abbas the unemployed who marries the wealthy cafe owner. ...

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O, Mehalabeya (1991)

(Shukri) Director and his friend (Marei) screenwriter, cooperate and struggle in front of all obstacles to make a film about (reproach) popular dancer during the British occupation, which has a sense of national duty, it helps guerrillas with money and inf ...

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Humiliation (1990)

Aziz is waiting for his uncle to die in order to inherit all his wealth. ...

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The Rapists (1989)

Some unemployed addicts kidnap the girl Safaa and take her to a remote place. After they gang-rape her, her fiancé Mokhtar manages to bring her home and her father reports the crime to the police. ...

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Hell Below Water (1989)

After Hassan and Hala split up, each moves on with their life as Hala marries a corrupt elderly businessman and Hassan loses his wife in a diving accident. Hala and Hassan reunite after many years apart in a dangerous situation that reignites their love st ...

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We're All Thieves, My Dear (1989)

Murtada al-Salamuni's father's mansion gets seized and his wife leaves him, forcing him to reside in his family's country house. He tries to find work at Abdullah Bahnas, but he rejects him. Murtada decides to take revenge by cooperating with three thieves ...

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All That Love (1988)

Nassif al-Leithi is a very loyal merchant for business colleague Hussein Zahran. Hussein Zahran was surprised by the betrayal of his wife and killed her. Nassif al-Leithi promises that his son Hussein will take care of his son Kamal while he is in prison. ...

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Snakes Passion (1988)

A young couple separated by social differences, meet again when the girl married a rich man while the guy sparked a relationship with the sister, jealousy and greed takes over and sinister plans ensue ...

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Time of the Forbidden (1988)

Omaima is a medical student and an active member of the Students' Union, who is arrested for her political activity and released due to the influence of her father. She gets romantically involved with Hisham, and a colleague tries to discredit her. ...

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A Slam Dunk (1987)

Walid, the son of an important businessman, kills his mother's lover. When his mother turns him in, his father tries to use his influence to get him out of trouble, but a young police officer stands in his way. ...

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Khaleel after Modification (1987)

Khalil is a simple man with a simple rural character who comes up with a sudden upgrade to become a bank manager. His life changes completely in this new world, which he enters with all his requirements. His secretary works to change all his habits, style ...

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The Basement (1987)

The poor widow Umm al-Khair raises her children, Youssef, Waraqia and Aisha. Ruqaya looks to get rich, so she gives in to Dandrawi who gets arrested after one of his buildings collapses. His wife tells Ruqaya's family about her husband's relation with her ...

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Min Khaf Selim (1987)

The film tells of dangerous life-threatening documents that are handed over to the hero from his boss at work to hand over to the big man without knowing their seriousness, but the old man thinks badly about the manager, so he kills him and accuses the her ...

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The Dwarfs Are Coming (1987)

Shehab the advertising director, makes a successful ad campaign for the opening of a disco, making many young people come to the disco, causing a huge fire. Shocked by the accident,he travels to Alexandria where he meets Chico the dwarf and helps him face ...

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Al Ragol Yohib Maratein (1987)

Sharif is a journalist and writer who is married to Amani and has a young child. His articles in the fight against political corruption led to his arrest for four years in which his young son drowned. He emerges from the prison, lamenting his wife, whose n ...

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El Motamared (1987)

Hashem is a young man who has fled Upper Egypt and travels to Alexandria because his family insists on him taking revenge for his father's murderer's son. He decides to work at the port and falls in love with a law student. He discovers the secrets of smug ...

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Under Threat (1986)

After her wealthy father becomes bankrupt , Sally goes to live with her sister and husband where she lives a liberated life. She gets filmed at one of the parties she is invited to while stealing a piece of jewelry. Hassan, who filmed the video, tries to b ...

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The Age of Wolves (1986)

Hanan works as a secretary for Shawkat, a businessman who trades in weapons. Despite being watched by the police and constant attacks from the journalist Samia, Shawkat steals Hanan from her fiancé, Ahmed, who works in an Arab country. Hanan's attempts to ...

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Almutaradat Al'akhira (1986)

After his wife's death, Safwat lives on his late wife's wealth, and also seeks to seize his daughter Amira's share of the inheritance. The daughter flees, seeking refuge with her friend Nahid and her brother, and the brother is framed for embezzlement and ...

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Al-Harafish (1986)

Tensions rise in the house of Suleiman Al-Nagy, the defender of the weak, because his son's wife, Radwana, fell in love with his other son Khider. When Radwana's husband Bark finds out, he accuses his brother of betraying him and tries to kill him but Khid ...

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Password (1986)

Two men, a husband and a father-in-law, complain about their wives' preoccupation with their careers that they grow negligent of their husbands. In an attempt to grab the women's attention, the two men plot with Camelia, their neighbor, to claim that they ...

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Youssef and Zeinab (1986)

The film revolves around the teacher (Youssef) left by his classmate and sweetheart schoolgirl (Laila Alawi) and marries a wealthy man who migrates to America, traveling in loan to work as an Arabic language teacher and Islamic religion in the capital of t ...

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Al'unthaa (1986)

The film revolves around Dalal (Laila Elwi), a beautiful young woman who is in a love affair with Salem (Farouk El-Fishawy), but the big businessman Fikry (Salah Zulfikar) is always chasing her and asking her to marry him. When she tries to convince Salem ...

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Ana (1985)

Sharif who's an accountant at the customs, meets Omnia who offers him to work in the company of her friend, Fahmy. Fahmy plans to keep him away from his work because of his rigidity and honesty. After Omnia and Sharif get married, he discovers that she's i ...

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A Tale in Two Word (1985)

After finishing her studies abroad , Hanan (Laila Alawi) returns to the home of her wealthy father Salem (Ahmed Mazhar), who's married to Inayat (Souad Hussein). She meets Ahmed (Iman El Bahr Darwish) who works for her father and her stepmother tries to ge ...

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A Husband On Demand (1985)

A rich man hires another man to marry his ex-wife. ...

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Alttaghia (1985)

Sami is a young doctor who decides to return to his village again to work and open a clinic. He is impressed by the daughter of Mahmud al-Rashidi, one of the richest men in the village. He does not know that he is a drug dealer and has in the past killed h ...

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The Man Who Sneezed (1985)

A man, suffering from chronic sneezing, was told by the doctors that his days in life are numbered, only to act carelessly and unethically. ...

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Execution Of A Dead Man (1985)

Mansour (Mahmoud Abdel Aziz) is sentenced to death by hanging for communicating with Israel before the October War, and intelligence officer Mohy (Farid Shawky) devises a plan to replace Mansour, the "spy" with Egyptian officer Ezzeldin , because of the bi ...

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El Ayeqa Wil Darreesa (1985)

(Mustafa) tries to get close to (Nadia), despite the student (Samah)'s attachment to him. (Samah) claims that he assaulted her, and attempts are made to pressure (Mustafa) to marry her. (Karima), who controls the interests of the people, admires (Mustafa) ...

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Ayam Al Tahadi (1985)

Adham returns to Egypt to be surprised that his sister, Fawzia, entered prison. She confesses to him that his friend Al-Margushi has provided her with a job in a company, and when the manager summoned her to his home on a work assignment, the police raided ...

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El Mwazafoun Fel Ard (1985)

Kamel Abdel Shakoor is a general manager at one of the Ministry of Industry's companies and is known for his integrity. Fayed, the company's general manager of contracts, tries to convince him to get a commission, but he refuses despite his difficult finan ...

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El Princesa (1984)

A young widow and a wealthy man who charters a yacht and wants to take a trip at sea, but at the same time she hates men due to her previous marriage at the same time. ...

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Wanted Dead or Alive (1984)

The policeman, Shaaban, brings the thief Hamed, who is accused of stealing a bag full of jewels from the court, to a Cairo prison. However, Hamed manages to escape and Shaaban stays on his tail. ...

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Rioters in the army (1984)

Medhat, Yousry and Asfour are three friends who neglect their studies and live in a waste, despite their parents trying to reform them in vain. Royalties on the people of the neighborhood. ...

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The Devil Sings (1984)

Asim is a novelist who is busy writing a new novel at the urging of the publisher. Imad is chasing him and deluding him that he derives his ideas from him, and that there is a hidden force between them that transmits his ideas to Asim Lutfi's mind, causing ...

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The Traitors (1984)

Murad discovers that his stepmother Bahira, is betraying his father, but he kicks him out . Murad stays with his friend Mossad. Murad's stepmother plans to sell her husband's property. When the father dies, her lover kills her and steals the bag of money b ...

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Samora & the Pretty Girl (1984)

The film tells the story of an employee who suffers from her husband's extreme jealousy and distrust, so many funny situations happen until things get very bad when he imagines a relationship between her and her boss, and seeks revenge to defend his honor ...

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Missing Person (1984)

Attia (Yehia al-Fakharani) works as a simple employee, after his mother-in-law threatens to break his engagement from her daughter because of his delay in getting an apartment. He travels to his hometown to sell his inheritance. There he falls in love with ...

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Illusions Of Love (1984)

Hassan succeeded in getting married despite the objection of their families to this connection. Hassan hassan, in the opinion of Amira's mother, is a simple employee in a bank and cannot make Amira happy when she has the right groom for her daughter. ...

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Titans of the Port (1984)

Engineer Galal returns from abroad to work with his father Haj Radwan, but finds that many changes have taken place in his town Suez. The girl he loves became a dancer in a nightclub and Abbas Bey now controls the port and runs a suspicious trade and is in ...

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Ghurayb wld eajib (1983)

Actor Gharib becomes a famous rising star, he marries his cousin Sayida, who's very jealous of him. She recruits many men to track down her husband, especially when he goes to the desert, and meets the Greek girl Verta, and begins to avoid any encounter w ...

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Whatever You Do, It's Always That Way (1982)

Ezzat and Hassan are friends and co-workers. Hassan admires Soad but he can't tell her about his feelings because of his shyness. He asks his friend Ezzat to tell her instead, but things don't go as expected. Ezzat also receives letters from an unknown per ...

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Mekhemar Is Always Ready (1982)

Mukhaymar does not succeed in any job, whether as a lawyer or even an electrician, so he decides to travel to Cairo to search for a new opportunity. On the train, two thieves take advantage of him and put the money of their thefts in his bag, and drive him ...

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The solution is called Nazira (1982)

Ahmed El-Prince, a simple employee, falls in love with one of his female colleagues, and they agree to marry, but he faces great financial problems. He tries to work in more than one job in order to generate income for him, including trading in bags and sm ...

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Eldenyaa Ma2loobaa (1981)

Director: Adel Sadeq (Director) Writer: Ahmed El Ebiary (Writer) Cast: Nabila El Sayed Farouk El Feshawi Othman Abdelmonem Nahed Ismail Amin Elheneidy Gamal Ismail ...

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The Lunatics Nest (1979)

Sherif (Mohammed Najm) wants to marry Amani (Laila Alawi), but her father Gad Al-Haq Metwally Owais (Hassan Abdeen) requires that her sister Tahani (Mimi Gamal) to marry first because she is older. Amani agrees with Sharif to deny and act as someone comin ...

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Movies Made By Layla Olwy (2)

Maqsoom (2024)

Hind, Emy and Rania can't really stand each other. In the 90s, during their university years, they used to sing together in a band in before personal differences tore them apart. When they receive an invitation to sing together in Aswan, the three women re ...

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O, Mehalabeya (1991)

(Shukri) Director and his friend (Marei) screenwriter, cooperate and struggle in front of all obstacles to make a film about (reproach) popular dancer during the British occupation, which has a sense of national duty, it helps guerrillas with money and inf ...

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