Shore of Love / Châti’ el gharâm
Directed by: Henri Barakat
Egypt / 1950 / 105 mins / 35 mm / Arabic with English Subtitles
Introduced by Joseph Massad
A young wealthy man meets a young school teacher on the Egyptian shore of the Mediterranean and falls in love with her. At the beginning his father does not approve of the marriage because she is poorer, but then he gives in. The young couple get married and live in Cairo. His aunt with the help of the legendary belly-dancer Tahia Caricoa, who had been plotting to marry him to her daughter, tricks him into believing his wife has betrayed him. He sends her back to sea-shore town. But his friend does not believe that she can commit adultery and finds out that the aunt is behind all this, so she can lay her hands on his fortune. He follows her where he finds out the truth, and brings her back to Cairo to live happily together.
Tags: bellydance egypt tahia carioca
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