Le fleuve de l'amour

Original title: Nahr el hub

1960
2h 20m

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Nahr el Hub is the Egyptian adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina". Nawal, a rural girl, is married off to a wealthy aristocrat called Taher Basha (Zaki Rostom). Nawal gets increasingly... Read allNahr el Hub is the Egyptian adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina". Nawal, a rural girl, is married off to a wealthy aristocrat called Taher Basha (Zaki Rostom). Nawal gets increasingly depressed due to her husband's cold, cruel demeanor, despite their lavish life. Things ta... Read allNahr el Hub is the Egyptian adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina". Nawal, a rural girl, is married off to a wealthy aristocrat called Taher Basha (Zaki Rostom). Nawal gets increasingly depressed due to her husband's cold, cruel demeanor, despite their lavish life. Things take a turn (for both better and worse) when she meets Khaled (Omar Sharif), a handsome youn... Read all

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Faten Hamama

Nawal
(as Fetan Hamamah)

Omar Sharif

Khalid

Zaki Rostom

Taher Pasha
(as Zaki Rustum)

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- Ezz El Dine Zulficar
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10moahmed-39261

egyption romantic film

I think that is one of the best movies that talks about the true love could be found after marriage and haw could we make the right choice and what Sacrifices will face.

elnashai

A truly over-looked Egyptian classic

Few people are aware of Omar Sharif's career prior to his coming to the West. In his native Egypt he is quite the cult figure, and this '61 gem Nahr El Hub is a superb example. Overtly melodramatic, idealistically overblown but genuinely an indicative example of a National Cinema that at the time was one of the best outside of America.

The plot involves an affair between Omar Sharif and Faten Hamama, a married woman, and the strife that predictably ensues. Throw in topical issues pertaining to the war that was taking place, and a bunch of trademark narrative developments, and you have a sentimental tear-jerker backed up by great performances.

Check it out if you can get a copy. Well worth it.