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Orphans' money

1952 · 95 min

A slow-burning family melodrama that mixes emotional hardship with musical numbers, feeling earnest and tense as it explores betrayal and resilience.

Directed by
Gamal Madkoor
Genres
Drama, Music
Starring
Faten Hamama, Amina Rizk, Mahmood Al-Meleji
Overview
A family whose breadwinner dies, leaving his wife and university-student daughter in the care of his son from his first wife. He treats them harshly and wastes their money - especially his sister's money, as he is her guardian - on his own pleasures. The mother and daughter are led by a kind family that takes her by the hand and curbs the son's ambitions.

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Directed by
Gamal Madkoor
Genres
Drama, Music
Starring
Faten Hamama, Amina Rizk, Mahmood Al-Meleji
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • betrayal
  • greed
  • justice
  • redemption
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance3
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, music
Directed by
Gamal Madkoor
Written by
Gamal Madkoor
Starring
Faten Hamama, Amina Rizk, Mahmood Al-Meleji, Shoukry Sarhan, Zouzou Chakib, Abdel Aziz Ahmad, Wedad Hamdy, Tawfiq Al-Deqen
Cinematography
Mostafa Hassan
Runtime
95 min
Country
Egypt
Languages
Arabic

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