Al Madak Alley - a film by NAGUIB MAHFOUZ

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Al Madak Alley, 1963, 126min (English subtitles)
Wednesday 25 July, 6.30pm

A melodrama during second world war, while Egypt was still under British occupation. Hamida lives with her mother in a humble alley, Zokaz el Madak, where Abass the barber proposes to her but is too poor so is forced to take up work in a British military camp to improve his income and win her hand. Meanwhile, the wilier and more corrupt Farag tries to persuade Hamida to leave so they can get married. One day she runs away from home. When Abass returns, he learns of Hamida’s disappearance. Will he be successful in his mission to find her?

Tickets £5.00, no concessions.
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