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1977 · 122 mins · Arabic
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Directed by
Hossam El Dine Mostafa
Starring
Mahmoud Yassin, Saeed Saleh, Nour El-Sherif, Naima ElSoghier, Naglaa Fathy, Emad Hamdy

A modern take on Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment, the film follows an educated young man whose guilt after a murder drives him into paranoia and madness. In his turmoil he finds brief comfort in the companionship of a kind‑hearted, abused street prostitute, whose presence offers a fleeting respite from his inner chaos.

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