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For the novel with the same name, see La Anam (novel). La Anam ( لا أنام, Sleepless) is a Drama Novel by the prominent Egyptian Novelist Ihsan Abdel
La Anam
لا أنام
Directed by Salah Abouseif
Produced by Abdelhalim Nasr
Ittihad Elfananeen
Written by Ihsan Abdel Quddous
El Sayed Bedeir
Saleh Gawdat
Starring Faten Hamama
Yehia Chahine
Myriam Fakhr Eddine
See cast below
Music by Fouad El-Zahry
Cinematography Mahmoud Nasr
Abdelhalim Nasr
Distributed by Rotana (DVD)
Release date(s) Flag of Egypt November 31 1957
Running time 127 minutes
Country Egypt
Language Arabic
IMDb profile

La Anam (help·info) (Arabic: لا أنام‎, English: Sleepless) is a 1957 Egyptian melodrama film. Salah Abu Seif ( صلاح أبوسيف,) ( May 10 1915 &ndash June 23 1996) was one of the most famous Egyptian Film directors Ihsan Abdel Quddous ( إحسان عبد القدوس,) ( January 1 1919 &ndash January 11 1990) was an Egyptian ( فاتن حمامة,, born May 27 1931 is an Egyptian producer and an acclaimed actress of Film, Television, and Theatre Yehia Chahine ( يحيى شاهين,) ( July 28 1917 &ndash 18 March 1994 ( لا أنام, Sleepless) is a 1957 Egyptian Melodrama Film. Mahmoud Nasr was a critically acclaimed Egyptian Cinematographer of the 1950s and 1960s Rotana Records ( Arabic: تسجيلات روتانا) is the Middle East 's largest Record label. Events in November All Saints' Day (formerly All Hallows Day a Christian holy day is celebrated on November 1, the day after Halloween The year 1957 in film involved some significant events Events October 21 - The movie Jailhouse Rock A minute is a Unit of measurement of Time or of Angle. The minute is a unit of Time equal to 1/60th of an Hour or 60 This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States The year 1957 in film involved some significant events Events October 21 - The movie Jailhouse Rock This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. Melodrama refers to theatre in which music is used to increase the spectator's emotional response or to suggest character types The film follows the intricate story of Nadia Lutfi, a daughter of divorced parents who suffers from Electra complex, which drives her to intervene in her father's relationships. Divorce or dissolution of marriage is the termination of a Marriage. The Electra complex (colloquially Daddy issues or the Bernfeld factor) is a concept found in psychoanalytic theory regarding female psycho-sexual development [1]

Directed by the Egyptian film director Salah Abu Seif, this film is based on a novel with the same name written by the Egyptian novelist Ihsan Abdel Quddous. This article is about the contemporary North African ethnic group A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a Film. Salah Abu Seif ( صلاح أبوسيف,) ( May 10 1915 &ndash June 23 1996) was one of the most famous Egyptian Film directors La Anam ( لا أنام, Sleepless) is a Drama Novel by the prominent Egyptian Novelist Ihsan Abdel A novel (from Italian novella, Spanish novela, French nouvelle for "new" "news" or "short story Ihsan Abdel Quddous ( إحسان عبد القدوس,) ( January 1 1919 &ndash January 11 1990) was an Egyptian [2] The film, which is currently ranked the 29th best Egyptian film by the cinema committee of the Supreme Council of Culture in Cairo,[3][4] starred Faten Hamama and Yehia Chahine, along with five other prominent Egyptian actors. Egyptian cinema is Egypt 's flourishing Egyptian Arabic -language film industry based in Cairo. ( فاتن حمامة,, born May 27 1931 is an Egyptian producer and an acclaimed actress of Film, Television, and Theatre Yehia Chahine ( يحيى شاهين,) ( July 28 1917 &ndash 18 March 1994 An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works It was released on DVD as part of the Egyptian Cinema Classics film collection. DVD (also known as " Digital Versatile Disc " or " Digital Video Disc " - see Etymology)is [5] La Anam is one of the ten first Egyptian colored films. [6]

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Plot

Faten Hamama plays Nadia Lutfi, a young woman who belongs to an aristocratic, upper-class family. ( فاتن حمامة,, born May 27 1931 is an Egyptian producer and an acclaimed actress of Film, Television, and Theatre After her parents divorce each other, her father wins custody of her. She lives with her father (Yehia Chahine) and over the years develops a very close and strong relationship with him to the extent of being sexually attracted towards him, an obsessive behavior known as Electra complex. Yehia Chahine ( يحيى شاهين,) ( July 28 1917 &ndash 18 March 1994 The Electra complex (colloquially Daddy issues or the Bernfeld factor) is a concept found in psychoanalytic theory regarding female psycho-sexual development [6][4][7][8]

At the age of 16, she plunges into a premature relationship with Mustafah (Imad Hamdi), a writer and journalist who is quite older than her. Emad Hamdy ( عماد حمدى,) ( November 25 1909 in Suhaj, Egypt &ndash January 28 1983 in Cairo Meanwhile, her father meets and falls in love with another woman, Safia (Myriam Fakhr Eddine). He decides to marry her, which Nadia is forced to accept. However, her father gradually starts spending more time with his new wife, which galls and displeases Nadia who does not receive an equal amount of love and attention anymore. This compels and drives her to step in and ruin their relationship. Now seeing Safia as her enemy, Nadia plots for revenge from her stepmother. Nadia accuses Safia of having an affair with Aziz (Omar Sharif), Nadia's young uncle. Omar Sharif ( عمر الشريف; born April 10, 1932) is a two-time Academy Award -nominated and Golden Globe -winning Egyptian [6][4][7]

To convince her father, Nadia had to ask her friend Kawthar (Hind Rostom), a voluptuous and licentious woman, to seduce her father. Hend Rostom ( هند رستم) (born November 12 1931) is an Egyptian actress. Nadia's successful conspiracy results in a divorce between Safia and her father. Not only that, Nadia's father decides to marry her. Enticed by the wealth of Nadia's father, she agrees to marry him. Nadia is devastated when she discovers that Kawthar is having an affair with another young man, Samir (Rushdy Abaza), realizing that Kawthar is only living with her father for his fortunes. Rushdy Said Bughdady Abaza ( Arabic: رشدي سعيد بغدادي أباظة (born on August 3 1926, Mansoura, Egypt and died [6][4][7]

Mustafah, who had secretly admired Safia, proposed to her after her divorce with Nadia's father. Nadia conceals the truth from her father, worried that such a revelation might strike and shatter him. Her father finds about Samir. Nadia, finding no escape route, lies and tells her father that he is her fiancé. NOTICE TO WOULD-BE-ROMEOS*************** Kawthar nefariously adds that Nadia and Samir are getting married, which Nadia is forced to accept. On the night of her wedding, Nadia shocks her father and the wedding attendants with the startling truth, leaving her father traumatized. A wedding is the Ceremony in which two people are united in Marriage. [6][4]

Cast

Nadia (Faten Hamama) in La Anam
Nadia (Faten Hamama) in La Anam

Reception

La Anam premiered at the Cinema Miami theater in Cairo on November 31, 1957[4] and was met with a lot of success and recognition in Egypt and the Arab-speaking world. ( فاتن حمامة,, born May 27 1931 is an Egyptian producer and an acclaimed actress of Film, Television, and Theatre ( فاتن حمامة,, born May 27 1931 is an Egyptian producer and an acclaimed actress of Film, Television, and Theatre Yehia Chahine ( يحيى شاهين,) ( July 28 1917 &ndash 18 March 1994 Omar Sharif ( عمر الشريف; born April 10, 1932) is a two-time Academy Award -nominated and Golden Globe -winning Egyptian Rushdy Said Bughdady Abaza ( Arabic: رشدي سعيد بغدادي أباظة (born on August 3 1926, Mansoura, Egypt and died Emad Hamdy ( عماد حمدى,) ( November 25 1909 in Suhaj, Egypt &ndash January 28 1983 in Cairo Hend Rostom ( هند رستم) (born November 12 1931) is an Egyptian actress. Cairo () which means "the Vanquisher" or "the Triumphant" is the capital and largest city of Egypt. Events in November All Saints' Day (formerly All Hallows Day a Christian holy day is celebrated on November 1, the day after Halloween Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) This was mainly due to the star-studded cast and the fact that it was one of the earliest colored Egyptian films. The film has maintained its popularity and has been selected amongst the best Egyptian films in 1996 by the Egyptian Film association. [4] However, due to its controversial topic, it wasn't frequently broadcasted on television. [9]

Trivia

References

  1. ^ Farid, Samir (1995). Faten Hamama. Egyptian Cultural Development Fund, p. 50. ISBN 977-235-329-6.  
  2. ^ Al Aris, Ibrahim. The Legacy of Salah Abu Seif. Al Jadid Magazine. Retrieved on 2007-03-09. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 590 - Bahram Chobin is crowned as king Barham VI of Persia.
  3. ^ Farid, Samir. Top 100. Al-Ahram. Al-Ahram ( Arabic: الأهرام, literally "The Pyramids" founded in 1875 is one of the most widely circulating Egyptian daily newspapers Retrieved on 2007-03-27. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 196 BC - Ptolemy V ascends to the throne of Egypt. 1309 - Pope Clement V excommunicates
  4. ^ a b c d e f g La Anam (Arabic). Faten Hamama's official site. ( فاتن حمامة,, born May 27 1931 is an Egyptian producer and an acclaimed actress of Film, Television, and Theatre Retrieved on 2007-03-09. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 590 - Bahram Chobin is crowned as king Barham VI of Persia.
  5. ^ Sleepless. Ara Movies. Retrieved on 2007-03-09. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 590 - Bahram Chobin is crowned as king Barham VI of Persia.
  6. ^ a b c d e لا أنام (Arabic). Ara Movies. Retrieved on 2007-03-09. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 590 - Bahram Chobin is crowned as king Barham VI of Persia.
  7. ^ a b c d La Anam (Arabic). Arab Radio and Television Network. Arab Radio and Television Network (Acronym ART) is an Arabic-language Television network characterized by its multitude of channels Retrieved on 2007-03-09. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 590 - Bahram Chobin is crowned as king Barham VI of Persia.
  8. ^ La Anam plot summary. IMDb. Retrieved on 2007-03-09. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 590 - Bahram Chobin is crowned as king Barham VI of Persia.
  9. ^ Sleepless DVD cover (Arabic). Fine Art Film. Retrieved on 2007-03-14. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1489 - The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to Venice.
  10. ^ Al Awael. GDTV. Retrieved on 2007-03-09. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 590 - Bahram Chobin is crowned as king Barham VI of Persia.

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