The Leech (1956 film)

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The Leech
Directed by Salah Abu Seif
Amin Yousseff Ghurab
Written by Salah Abu Seif
Amin Yousseff Ghurab
Sayid Bidir
Produced by Wahid Farid
Ramses Naguib
Starring Taheyya Kariokka
Shoukry Sarhan
Shadia
CinematographyWahid Farid
Release date
  • 9 January 1956 (1956-01-09)
Running time
126 minutes
CountryEgypt
LanguageArabic

The Leech (Arabic : Shabab emraa, also known as A Woman's Youth) is a 1956 Egyptian drama film directed by Salah Abu Seif. It was entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival. [1]

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Synopsis

The film revolves around Imam Biltagy Hassanein Shoukry Sarhan), a young man who comes from the countryside to study in Cairo. In the Al-Khalifa neighboorhood, he rents a house from a woman named Shafaat (Taheyya Kariokka). Seduced by her, he indulges in vice and falls behind on his studies. On the other hand, a young woman close to him who has known him since childhood helps out of the spiral. The latter woman’s father advises Biltagy to stay away from her, so he fights to break out of Shafaat’s clutches.

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References

  1. "Festival de Cannes: The Leech". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 8 February 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2009.