Heart of the Night (1989)
قلب الليل
Ja'far rebels against his controlling grandfather and marries the shepherdess Marwanah. When his grandfather kicks him out, Ja'far is unable to support himself and Marwanah so he leaves her and marries the wealthy lady Huda, but he begins to struggle to prove himself.
- Date of release
- 1989-10-02
- TMDB
- 7.7 / 10 (3)
- Runtime
- 2h 0m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Atef El-Tayeb
Casting
- Nour El-Sherif — Jaafar Ibrahim Sayed Al-Rawi
- Mahmoud El Gendy — Mohamed Shukroun
- Mohsena Tawfiq — Hoda Hanem Siddiq
- Farid Shawqy — Sayed Al-Rawi
- Hala Sedki — Marwana, Jaafar's mother
- Mohamed Henedi — Bondok
- Othman Abdel Monem — Sheikh Mansour Thabet
- Salah Abdallah — Sheikh Sidqi
- Mohamed Nagaty — Mohamed Shukroun (young)
- Noheir Amin — Umm Muhammad Shukroun
- Nabil ElDessouqy — Bayram al-Tunisi
- Karima ElSherif — Dada Bhagat
Interesting facts
Heart of the Night is an Egyptian film first released in 1989. The film is directed by Atef El Tayeb, features a screenplay by Mohsen Zayed based on the novel of the same title by Naguib Mahfouz, and stars Nour El-Sherif, and Hala Sedki. The film adapts the novel's unconventional storytelling while hewing closely to the periods in which the narrator, Jaafar Ibrahim al-Sayed, set the tale. A metaphysical allegory, the film discusses man's endless search for safe harbor since his descent into the world with original sin and free will as his eternal burdens.
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