Wakeful Eyes
| Wakeful Eyes | |
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| Egyptian Arabic | عيون سهرانة |
| Directed by | Ezz El-Dine Zulficar |
| Written by | Youssef Eissa |
| Screenplay by | Ezz El-Dine Zulficar |
| Produced by | Gabriel Talhamy |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Wadeed Serry |
| Edited by | Mohammed Abbas |
| Music by | Andre Ryder |
Production company | Gabriel Talhamy Films |
| Distributed by | Gabriel Talhamy Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
| Country | Egypt |
| Language | Egyptian Arabic |
Wakeful Eyes (Egyptian Arabic: عيون سهرانة, translit: Uyoon Sahranah, aliases: Sleepless Night) is a 1956 Egyptian romantic drama directed by Ezz El-Dine Zulficar.[1][2][3][4] It stars Salah Zulfikar and Shadia. It marks Salah Zulfikar's film debut.[5][6] Wakeful Eyes premiered on September 30, 1956 at Radio Theatre in Cairo, and was released on October 1 in Egypt.[7] The film received largely positive reviews praising the performances of Zulfikar and Shadia, the cinematography, and the musical score.[8][9]
Plot
A respectable man, "Saber Effendi," frequently changes residences and never stays long in one place with his daughter Fatima. He tells her that he works at a newspaper printing press, hates mixing with people, and takes pity on her from temptation. In their new home, "Fatma" meets the neighbor's son, “Salah” (Salah Zulfikar), who is in his final year at the Police Academy. The two fall in love, and Salah asks her father for her hand in marriage, where he works in the newspaper.
Fatima later discovers that her father does not work at the newspaper. When she confronts him, he reveals that he had been a prosecution secretary. He also reveals that he once had an older daughter who took her own life after being abandoned by the man who seduced her, naming him before she died. Fearing arrest, he fled with his remaining child to Cairo, where he changed his identity.[10]
Cast
- Salah Zulfikar as Salah
- Shadia as Fatma
- Ferdoos Mohammed as Salah's mother
- Aqeela Rateb as Ragaa
- Abdul Warith Aser as Saber Effendi
- Fouad El-Mohandes as Salah's friend
- Adly Kasseb as Police Officer
- Abdel Rehim El Zorqani as the lawyer
- Khairiya Ahmed as The Boxer's Relative
- Mukhtar Al-Sayed as Al-Ahram Employee
- Afaf Shaker as Salwa, Saber's daughter
- Abbas Al-Daly as Cabaret Employee
- Mohamed Shawky as Bar Customer
- Ali Abdel Aal as Bar Owner
- Zaki Mohamed Hassan as Patrol Officer
- Badr Noufal as Officer
- Abdel Hamid Badawi as Police Informant
- Mohamed El-Deeb as The victim
References
- ^ Rūz al-Yūsuf (in Arabic). September 1989.
- ^ محمود, قاسم، (2014). موسوعة الأغنيات في السينما المصرية: من 1953 حتى 1956 (in Arabic). Wizārat al-Thaqāfah, al-Hayʼah al-ʻĀmmah li-Quṣūr al-Thaqāfah. ISBN 978-977-718-641-4.
- ^ al-Sīnimā wa-al-nās: el Cinema wal nas (in Arabic). al-Jamʻīyah al-Miṣrīyah li-Fann al-Sīnimā. 2000.
- ^ al-Usbūʻ al-ʻArabī (in Arabic). August 1967.
- ^ Armes, Roy (2008). Dictionary of African Filmmakers. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-35116-6.
- ^ "Remembering Fouad El-Mohandes: The Master of Egyptian comedy - Film - Arts & Culture". Ahram Online. Retrieved 2021-10-01.
- ^ "Ahram Online - Remembering Fouad El-Mohandes: The Master of Egyptian comedy". english.ahram.org.eg. Retrieved 2021-09-16.
- ^ Ayoun Sahrana (1956), retrieved 2021-09-16
- ^ Hassan, Ashraf (2020). Stereotyped Representation of the Foreigner in Egyptian Cinema A Phono-Morpho-Syntactic and Lexical Study and Corpus. Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaftliche Fakultät Arabistik.
- ^ "Remembering Salah Zulficar - Film - Arts & Culture". Ahram Online. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
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