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No Time for Love

1963 · 110 min

A sombre, slow-burning romance set against anti-colonial unrest, it lingers on quiet sacrifice, hiding, and dangerous devotion.

Directed by
Salah Abu Seif
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Rushdy Abaza, Faten Hamama, Salah Jahin
Overview
Hamza "a member of the volunteer National Guard" meets up with the teacher Fawzya "Faten", after the fire of Cairo broke out, the British trying to capture all the volunteers in the National Guard , Hamza hiding in the house of one of his friend, and Fawzya help him, and she is trying to formation its own cell in order to hit the English forces in the Canal zone.

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Directed by
Salah Abu Seif
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Rushdy Abaza, Faten Hamama, Salah Jahin
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • rebellion
  • war
  • betrayal
  • survival
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance6
Tension6
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Salah Abu Seif
Starring
Rushdy Abaza, Faten Hamama, Salah Jahin, Badr Nofal, Abdallah Ghaith, Laila Nasr, Ahmad Loxer, Aleya Fawzy
Runtime
110 min
Country
Egypt
Languages
Arabic

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