Ana Horra also written Ana Hurra is a 1959

1959 in film

The year 1959 in film involved some significant events, with Ben-Hur winning a record 11 Academy Awards.-Events:* The Three Stooges make their 190th and last short film, Sappy Bull Fighters....

 Egypt

Egypt

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ian drama

Drama film

A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...

 starring Lobna Abdel Aziz

Lobna Abdel Aziz

Lobna Abdel Aziz, aka Loubna Abd el Aziz or Lubna Abdel Aziz is an Egyptian actress. She was born in 1935 in Cairo, Egypt.-Family:She is married to Dr...

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Ana Horra is associated with the onset of a feminist context to Egyptian films in the 1960's. The film is also known as part of Salah Abu Seif

Salah Abu Seif

Salah Abu Seif was one of the most famous Egyptian film directors. He is considered to be the godfather of the realistic cinema in Egypt...

's Empowerment of Women Trilogy. At its time, this film defied the conservative conventions of Egyptian society and the role of women within it.

Plot summary

The film is an account of a college girl's frustrations with the predominantly male patriarchal system in Egypt. Released in 1959, the film captures much of the feminist sentiments of the 1960s and its widespread fervor in Egypt. The film's protagonist, Aminia, played by Lubna Abdel Aziz, is a young woman living with her aunt's family which includes her uncle and her cousin. The men in her life further reinforce the themes of male dominance in the film with their restriction on her life.

Characters

• Amina (Lobna Abdel Aziz
  Lobna Abdel Aziz
  Lobna Abdel Aziz, aka Loubna Abd el Aziz or Lubna Abdel Aziz is an Egyptian actress. She was born in 1935 in Cairo, Egypt.-Family:She is married to Dr...
  
  )- Amina is a young girl unable to accept Egyptian societies male-biased gender roles. She finds herself unable to cope with the double standards of her time.
• Abass (Shoukry Sarhan
  Shoukry Sarhan
  Mohammad Shoukry Al Husseini Sarhan , better known as Shoukry Sarhan was an Egyptian actor. He is regarded as on of the greatest Arab actors of all time.- Life and career :...
  
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• Amina's aunt (Zouzou Nabil)
• Amina's aunt's husband (Hussein Riyad)
• Amina's cousin (Hassan Yusef)
• Amina's father (Mohammad Abd al Qudoos)