The Market

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Released March 23, 1987

Overview

Abdo leaves his village and goes to Cairo to work in the vegetable market. He meets Aziza, and marries her. Shams controls the vegetable market and monopolizes the prices. He admires Abdo and asks him to work with him. He agrees . Safiya, Shams's wife, admires Abdou, and tries to seduce him, but he repulses her. She claims that he tried to rape her, so Shams and his men take revenge and attempt to attack Aziza, but she is able to escape after a bitter struggle with the help of Abdou's friends. Then the struggle for market leadership turned between Abdo and Shams.

Runtime

1h 42m


Origin Country

Egypt


Original Language

Arabic


Original Title

السوق


Status

Released


Production Countries

  • Egypt

Spoken Languages

  • العربية (Arabic)

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