''Ana Horra'' or ''Ana Hurra'' (, ) is a

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Egypt Egypt ( , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the Northeast Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to northe ...

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drama Drama is the specific Mode (literature), mode of fiction Mimesis, represented in performance: a Play (theatre), play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on Radio drama, radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a g ...

starring Lobna Abdel Aziz. ''Ana Horra'' is associated with the onset of a

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context to Egyptian films in the 1960s. The film is also known as part of

Salah Abu Seif Salah Abu Seif (, ) (May 10, 1915 – June 23, 1996) was a prominent Egyptian film director and screenwriter. He is considered to be the godfather of Neorealism (art), Neorealist cinema in Cinema of Egypt, Egyptian cinema. Many of the 41 fil ...

's Empowerment of Women Trilogy. At its time, this film defied the conservative conventions of Egyptian society and the role of women within it.

Plot summary

The film is an account of a college girl's frustrations with the predominantly male

patriarchal Patriarchy is a social system in which positions of authority are primarily held by men. The term ''patriarchy'' is used both in anthropology to describe a family or clan controlled by the father or eldest male or group of males, and in fem ...

system in Egypt. Released in 1959, the film captures much of the feminist sentiments of the 1960s and its widespread fervor in Egypt. The film's protagonist, Amina, played by Lubna Abdel Aziz, is a young woman living with her aunt's family which includes her uncle and her cousin. The men in her life further reinforce the themes of male dominance in the film with their restriction on her life.

Characters

*Amina ( Lobna Abdel Aziz)- Amina is a young girl unable to accept Egyptian societies male-biased gender roles. She finds herself unable to cope with the

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of her time. *Abass (

Shoukry Sarhan Mohamed Shoukry El Husseiny Sarhan (13 March 1925 – 19 March 1997, ), better known as Shoukry Sarhan (), was an Egyptian actor. He is regarded as one of the greatest Egyptian actors of all time. Life and career Sarhan was born in El Sha ...

) *Amina's aunt (Zouzou Nabil) *Amina's aunt's husband (Hussein Riyad) *Amina's cousin (Hassan Yusef) *Amina's father (Mohammad Abd al Qudoos)elCinema "Movie: Ana Horra"
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References

Films directed by Salah Abu Seif 1959 films Egyptian drama films 1950s Arabic-language films 1950s Egyptian films Arabic-language drama films {{Egypt-film-stub