Take Care of Zuzu / Khali balak min zuzu

Directed by: Hassan Al Imam

Egypt / 1971 / 120 mins / 35 mm / Arabic with English Subtitles

Prof. Joseph Massad to Introduce

Zuzu is a student who has paid her way through college by dancing in her mother's troupe. She has kept this fact a secret, but has decided to give up dancing because she has fallen in love with a college professor. Zuzu's lover breaks off a former engagement, and his ex-fiancee discovers Zuzu's secret. A wedding is to be celebrated at the lover's home. Unknown to Zuzu, the abandoned fiancee arranges for Zuzu's mother's troupe to entertain at this wedding. Meanwhile, there is a poignant scene in which Zuzu admits that she has loved working in the troupe, and tells her mother (the legendary dancer Tahia Carioca), "I used to sit at your feet and watch you dance. You were so beautiful. Why should we be ashamed of what we do?" Featuring Hussein Fahmy and Soad Hosny.