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Afrita Hanem: The Genie Lady is a egyptien film of genre Comedy directed by Henry Barakat with Samia Gamal
Afrita Hanem: The Genie Lady (1949)
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Add to a movie listAfrita hanem (Arabic: عفريتة هانم, English: Little Miss Devil) is a 1949 Egyptian film about Asfour, a poor singer, played by Syrian musician Farid Al Atrache, who falls in love with Aleya, the somewhat spoiled daughter of his boss.
Asfour wants to marry Aleya, but her father won't let the marriage happen due to Asfour's class status. Asfour turns to a genie for help, but the genie, a female genie named Kahramana, played by noted Egyptian actress and dancer Samia Gamal, falls in love with Asfour instead, and tries to manipulate his desires.
According to the British Film Institute’s book 100 Film Musicals, Afrita hanem critiques modernity: “Running through all these films (as through so many Indian films), exploring moral dilemmas in bourgeois family settings, is a discourse in which western modernity – cars, clothes, manners – is viewed negatively in relation to traditional values. The sage who presides over the genie in Afrita Hanem pops up from time to time to deliver homilies about materialistic greed and selfishness.
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Au Caire, Asfour (Farid El Atrache) est chanteur dans un théâtre. Il est amoureux de sa partenaire la danseuse Aliya, elle-même fille du directeur du théâtre et sur le point d'épouser l'homme d'affaires Mimi Bey qui leur apporte une dot importante. À cause d'un quiproquo, Asfour se croit aimé d'Aliya et entreprend de demander sa main à son père. Ce dernier prend la demande en considération, mais à la condition qu'Asfour offre une dot plus élevée. Comme ce dernier est sans le sou, la demande échoue. Alors qu'Asfour désespéré se lamente dans un jardin, il fait la rencontre d'un vieil homme à l'air bienveillant, personnage mystérieux qui lui apparait parfois brièvement. L'apparition lui donne rendez-vous dans une grotte le soir même. Accompagné de son alter ego Bou'ou, personnage à la fois énergique et gaffeur, Asfour va au rendez-vous où l'homme lui remet un objet qui pourra lui donner le bonheur à la condition qu'il en fasse bon usage : c'est une lampe magique dont sort une séduisante ifrit, Kahramana (Samia Gamal). Celle-ci, invisible pour tout autre que lui, le confond avec son amour, le démon Astaroth, dont Asfour a joué le rôle.Actors
Samia Gamal
(Kahramana / Semsema)
Farid al-Atrash
(Asfour)
Ismail Yasin
(Bou'ou)
Zeinat Sedki
(Warda)
Abdel Salam Al Nabulsy
(Mimi Bey)
Stephan Rosti
(Ishta)
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