The Open Door
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The Open Door, is a 1963 Egyptian movie, directed by Henry Barakat, and starring Faten Hamama, Saleh Selim, Hassan Youssef. with a runtime of 115 minutes.
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The Open Door is a landmark Egyptian drama adapted from the celebrated novel by Latifa al-Zayyat. Set against the charged backdrop of Egypt's growing nationalist movement in the years leading up to the 1952 revolution, the film traces a middle-class Egyptian girl's coming of age as the country itself awakens to a new political consciousness. It is a nuanced portrait of personal and national identity in transition, exploring how a young woman finds her voice and independence at a pivotal moment in Arab history.
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1The Open Door is a 1963 Egyptian drama film directed by Henry Barakat and starring Faten Hamama, Saleh Selim, and Mahmoud Moursy. The film was adapted from Egyptian writer Latifa al-Zayyat's 1960 novel of the same name and recipient of the inaugural Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature.
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