Badia Masabni (1975)

0.0/10 • 140 min •

Overview

The life story of the artist Badia Masabni, from her childhood, through her rape in her hometown in Lebanon, her migration to Egypt, her work as a dancer, her marriage to Najib Al-Rihani, her work as an actress, their divorce, the withholding of taxes on her theater, her selling of the theater to the dancer Biba, her escape with her money to Lebanon, her birthplace, and her death alone.

Cast

Nadia Lotfi

Kamal Al-Shenawy

Ismail Bey Tolba

Fouad Al-Mohandes

Naguib Al-Rihani

Nabila Obeid

Hussein al-Imam

Emad Hamdy

Ismail's father

Nisreen

Badia Masabni's adopted daughter

Shafiq Galal

Amal Ramzi

Nabil ElHegrassy

Nabil Badr

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