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Teenage Nadia is raised by her father after her mother's death. Returning home from boarding school, her father has re-married. Jealous Nadia decides to get rid of the competition of a stepmother by accusing her of sleeping with her uncle.

'I Never Sleep' (also called 'Sleepless') is the story of Nadia Lotfi (Faten Hamama), a teenage girl raised by her father after her mother's untimely death. Her lifelong lack of a mother figure turns Nadia into a scheming troublemaker who causes problems at her boarding school. When she returns home, she learns that her father (Yehia Chahine) has re-married. Furious Nadia decides to set a plan in motion to get rid of her unsuspecting step-mother (Mariam Fakhr Eddine).—Mahmoud S

Do not sleep Egyptian movie melodrama of production in 1957, the film tells the complex story of Nadia Lutfi (Faten Hamama), girl of divorced parents suffer from Electra knots, which prompts them to interfere in the relations in the life of her father."I do not sleep," one of the first ten Egyptian films colorful.—Mohamed basem

An adult drama telling the story of the spoiled rich girl Nadia (Hamama) who gets jelous after finding her dad marrying the perfect faithful woman. She sets a story of her having an affair with her uncle. Living with the feeling of guilt she sets up a marriage for her dad with her spoiled friend who happens to have a true affair this time. Feeling that god is punishing her for her deads, she is living at the same time a love story with a man double her age.—Youssef Hisham

A melodrama about a 1950s upper class society set in flamboyant cinematic lighting, color and décor. Salah carefully color codes his characters and their environment using a typically melodramatic score to punctuate points and to accompany the tones and textures of the story. A color saturated classic full of hidden meanings and symbols.—Ahmed Saber