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The Open Door

Based on the novel by Latifa al-Zayyat, which explores a middle-class Egyptian girl's coming of age against the background of the growing Egyptian nationalist movement before the 1952 Egypt revolution.

Top Cast

  • Faten Hamama

    Faten Hamama

    Laila Sliman

  • Saleh Selim

    Saleh Selim

    Hussein Amer

  • Hassan Youssef

    Hassan Youssef

    Essam

  • Shwikar

    Shwikar

    Gamila

  • Mahmoud Moursy

    Mahmoud Moursy

    Dr. Fouad

  • Nahed Samir

    Nahed Samir

    Layla's mother

  • Mimi Chakib

    Mimi Chakib

    Layla's aunt

  • Khadija Mahmoud

    Khadija Mahmoud

  • Hassan Hosny

    Hassan Hosny

Overview

Based on the novel by Latifa al-Zayyat, which explores a middle-class Egyptian girl's coming of age against the background of the growing Egyptian nationalist movement before the 1952 Egypt revolution.

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