Kan Youm Hobak

At a glance

Kan Youm Hobak, is a 2004 Egyptian movie, directed by Ihab Lamei, and starring Khaled Selim, Dalia AlBehery, Reham Abdelghafour. with a runtime of 95 minutes.

Overview

Kan Youm Hobak is an Egyptian romantic drama following Ali, a free-spirited artist, poet, and sailor with a gypsy soul, and his beloved Layali. Their passionate love affair, rich with romantic rituals, is shattered when one of Ali's friends drugs and assaults Layali. Unable to bear the shame thrust upon her by social convention, she punishes herself by taking a job as a dancer in a low-key nightclub, drifting far from the life she once knew. A poignant and emotionally devastating story about love, violation, and the cruel weight society places on women for crimes committed against them.

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