Lovers' Call

1960 1h 50m AR

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8.0

BANGER

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5.5

IMDB

★8.0TMDB · 2★5.5IMDB · 35

DramaCrime

Synopsis

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Beautiful dancer Warda finds herself homeless. She finds a job at a cotton ginning plant. She loves Abdo who runs the plant, and she kills the elderly Shahawi, the plant owner who wanted to assault her and runs away with Abdo, while Metwally, the owner's son chases them.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Berlanty Abdel Hamid
Shoukry Sarhan
Farid Shawqy
Tawfiq Al-Deqen
Thuraya Fakhry
Khayria Ahmed

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Youssef Chahine
Writers: Wagih Naguib, Abdel Hai Adib, Bahgat Kamar
Languages: Arabic
Countries: Egypt

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ERA

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66 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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CRAFT

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Youssef Chahine, shot by Alevise Orfanelli. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Rashida Abdel Salam shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Berlanty Abdel Hamid and Shoukry Sarhan and Farid Shawqy carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0126513 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Youssef Chahine directs. Alevise Orfanelli behind the camera. Rashida Abdel Salam cuts. Produced in Egypt. Dialogue in Arabic.

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Things worth knowing

166 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
3Directed by Youssef Chahine, shot by Alevise Orfanelli. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Editor Rashida Abdel Salam shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Berlanty Abdel Hamid and Shoukry Sarhan and Farid Shawqy carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt0126513 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.