Sleepless Nights

Sahar el layaly, feature film, 2003.

DIRECTED BY: Hani Khalifa

Sleepless Nights

CAST:
Khaled Abol Naga (Ali),
Sherif Mounir (Sameh),
Mona Zaki (Perry),
Hanan Turk (Farah),
Ahmed Helmy (Amr)

SCRIPT:
Tamer Habib

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Ahmed Abdel Aziz

Synopsis:
This very ambitious romantic comedy is one of the few Egyptian films that openly talks about sexuality and follows several married and single characters and their adventures. A group of old friends meets for a birthday celebration of Haled and Perra’s daughter. Mushira is married to Ali, Amr to Farah and Sameh is having an affair with Inas. Their problems explode when they learn some shocking news. Mushira realizes that Ali does not satisfy her in bed. Perra lets Amr know that she is aware of his affairs. Amr is jealous of Ali who had a love affair with Farah in the past. Inas puts Sameh to a test: either they have to get married or this is the end of their relationship.

digital, color, 129 min