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The Nightingale's Prayer

دعاء الكروان‎

1959

In the Upper Egyptian countryside, a young woman whose family was destroyed by an engineer's seduction of her sister takes a post in his household, plotting her revenge — only to find her resolve complicated by her own heart. A classic melodrama of honor and love.

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Part of 10 Essential Egyptian Films

This film is stop 4 of 10 in the hand-ranked native-cinema route through Egypt. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

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