Teenagers (film)
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Directed by | Magda Rushdy Abaza |
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Running time | 125 minutes |
Country | Egypt |
Language | Arabic |
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Plot
The film deals with suppressed Egyptian teenagers who come from different backgrounds. It focuses on the lives of three teenagers who go to the same high school. Nada (
Huda invites Nada to her birthday party, but Nada cannot mention it to her mother because she is not allowed to go out anywhere other than school; she eventually concocts a lie for her mother, telling her mother that her best friend is sick and in the hospital and that she wants to go with their maid to visit her. At the party she meets a man named Issam (Rushdy Abaza), a very handsome military pilot. They fall for each other and slow dance for an hour. Nada comes back home and tells her grandfather. Issam wants to marry Nada but her brother refuses because the family wants her to marry her cousin. Nada’s best friend Amina dies while pregnant with her stepbrother's son after her stepfather forces her to take pills to abort the baby.
After Nada discovers her best friend’s death, she has a nervous break down, made worse because Issam leaves the country on a mission after Nada’s brother refuses him. She becomes sick and even tries to commit suicide. Later her brother feels hurt and goes to locate Issam and bring him to marry her.
Cast
- Magdaas Nada
- Rushdy Abaza as Issam
Awards and nominations
The film was nominated for a Golden Bear at the 11th Berlin International Film Festival.[2]
See also
- List of Egyptian films of 1961
- List of Egyptian films of the 1960s
- List of submissions to the 33rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Egyptian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
- ^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
- ^ "11th Berlin International Film Festival". berlinale.de. Retrieved 18 January 2010.
External links
- Teenagers at IMDb