Chafika et MetwalChafika et Metwal ("Chafika et Metwal"," Shafika and Metwali "," Shafika wa Metwalli(y)" ("شفيقة و متولي") is a 1979 Egyptian drama/romance film starring Souad Hosni and Ahmed Zaki. It was directed and written by Aly Badrakhn from a story by Salah Jahin

Salah Jahin

Mohammad Salah Eldin Bahgat Helmy , known as "Salah Jaheen" or "Salah Jahin" was a leading Egyptian poet, lyricist, playwright and cartoonist.-Life and career:...

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Credits

• music = Fouad Al Zawaheri
• montage = Said Sheik
• released = 1979
• run-time = 2h.5 minutes
• country = Egypt
  Egypt
  Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
  
  
• language = Arabic

Plot

The film was based on a folktale about brother and sister Shafika and Metwally. Where the wayward sister (Souad Hosni) escapes her petty existence in a small Upper Egyptian village and moves to the city. Chafika's poverty finally takes her to acquire a bad reputation as a belly dancer and kept woman.

Badrakhan gave the story an unconventional socio-political edge by setting it at the middle of the 19th century, when depraved Egyptian Pashas stopped at nothing to increase their wealth and influence, even if it meant trading in their own people’s lives and sacrificing others’ integrity.

Cast

• "Souad Hosni" as Chafika
• "Ahmed Zaki" as Metwal
• "Mahmoud Abdel Aziz" as Diab
• "Ahmed Mazhar
  Ahmed Mazhar
  -Biography:Ahmed Hafez Mazhar was an Egyptian actor. He graduated from the military academy in 1938 and his colleagues included Gamal Abdel Nasser and Anwar Sadat...
  
  " as Tarabishi Bek
• "Gamil Ratib
  Gamil Ratib
  -Filmography:* 1956 : " Trapeze"* 1962 : Lawrence of Arabia by David Lean : Majid* 1973 : L’Alphomega, TV series by Lazare Iglesis : Prince Raheem Abdel Rasheem* 1979: "Chafika et Metwal" by Aly Badrakhan : "Afandina"...
  
  " as Afandina
• "Mahmoud El Guindi"
• "Ahmed Bedir "
• "Younes Shalaby"

Awards

• "1980: "Tanit d'Bronze Award" for Aly Badrakhan. Carthage Film Festival
  Carthage Film Festival
  The Carthage Film Festival is a biannual October film festival hosted by the government of Tunisia. It alternates with the Damascus International Film Festival....
  
  , Tunisia."
• "1980: "Golden Montgolfiere Award" for Aly Badrakhan. Nantes Three Continents Festival, France."

External links

• "Chafika et Metwal at the Internet Movie Database http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0295898/"
• "Chafika wa Metwally http://www.facebook.com/pages/Chafika-wa-Metwally/127954317224887?sk=info"
• "معرض صور فيلم شفيقة ومتولى http://www.elcinema.com/work/wk1000697/ph123477079"