This compelling tale of love and betrayal, set in the upper Egyptian countryside, follows the story of Amna as she plots her revenge on the engineer who destroyed her family's honor. ------------------------------------ This is a wonderful Egyptian film that the average Western audience never gets an opportunity to see. It's really a shame as the movie gives so much insight into the culture and the story, though very "foreign" features some characters you can easily relate to an care for. The film is a great film that shows the clash between very conservative Islamic values and traditions and those of a more modern Moslem world. This clash is extremely poignant and seems to illustrate that the spirit of the law and tradition is much more important that the traditions themselves. The film begins with a woman and her two adult daughters finding out that the father is murdered. It seems that this man was committing adultery and someone took it upon themselves to punish him. However, instead of just punishing him and being done with it, the family Patriarch (the uncle) tells the women they must leave the village and fend for themselves! It ISN'T because they did anything wrong, but that they would be a reminder of the man's infidelity. So, in his twisted thinking, he cast these women out with no regard to their future just so the family APPEARS good and just to outsiders!! The ladies appear fortunate when they arrive at a far-off town because the two youngest are able to get jobs as maids. However, the oldest daughter is eventually seduced (or possibly raped) by her employer and the family. The mother is extremely upset by this and contacts the patriarch to ask for his assistance. The "kindly" uncle agrees to take them back to the original village, but on the way, he murders the "fallen sister"! The inequity of her death and the employer never being punished is a major theme of the film. While some in the male-dominated society might approve of this, the unjustness of the murder is definitely called into question. And, since no one seems to care, the youngest daughter, Amna, decides to run from her Uncle's home and find the older sister's ex-employer and exact justice! All this occurs just in the first half of the movie! The rest is the slowly unfolding of Amna's revenge and the unexpected twists and turns the plot takes along the way. And, fortunately, this is NOT a by-the-numbers movie--it is definitely NOT predictable or written for a dumb audience! This is an exceptionally well written, acted and directed film. In addition, the cinematography is exquisite. The only down side, and this is a very minor quibble, is that the music is a bit "tinny".
主演
amina rizk
faten hamama
ahmed
faten
别名
the call of the nightingale
the curlew's cry
the nightingale's prayer
剧情
this is a wonderful egyptian film that the average western audience never gets an opportunity to see. it's really a shame as the movie gives so much insight int...
编剧
henry barakat
taha hussein
youssef gohar
豆瓣短评
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Micume.Roe@@@2015-11-23@@@0@@@埃及新现实主义女性视角伦理片，讲述一对上埃及贝都因姐妹的遭遇。Amna思绪闪回的前大半部分很精彩，后半部略拖沓但人物性格诠释很成功。结局与侯赛因原著不同，大大削弱对保守宗法传统和两性观的批判性，且夜莺的祈祷与麻鹬的哭泣转折关系暧昧。摄影优美结构清晰，对爱、背叛和复仇的主题演绎颇为到位
luminosa@@@2014-04-03@@@0@@@全片都贯穿着“男人都不是好东西”的基调……
多不利登@@@2018-09-14@@@0@@@2018338 一星平庸
百年孤寂@@@2013-10-19@@@0@@@看了几部非洲电影,给我的印象都是技术粗糙而故事沉闷,这部电影风格上虽更贴近美国片厂时期电影,却做得极为精致,摄影表演故事都很优秀,唯独是男女主角间的爱情角力该刻划得更仔细,因为那才是男女主角心理变化的最大契机,然后才有了后来的悲剧
