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The film crosses lines that some people, in Egypt and the Arab world, might consider red lines or taboos, that should not be discussed like the discrepancy in social relationships between young males and females. The question is what is right and what is wrong, what is religiously allowed and what is forbidden. The film discusses the notion and value of honor and poses a shocking question: does a female’s honor reside in her virginity? If so, what is the notion of a male’s honor? How a female who has lost her virginity before marriage is punished socially and by her family, sometimes by death, while a lenient eye is cast upon the male if he does the same.

Egypt - 2008 - 1 h 01 mn - DV Cam • 4/3 • PAL - Colour

Director Saad Hendawy Writer Fawzy Amal Camera Nezar Shaker Sound Mohad Marwan Editing Rabab Abdel Latif Music Tamer Karawan

Production Saad Hendawy - Amal Fawzy, 46, El Shishiny Street, Borg El Mohandseen, El Maryotia, 9th Floor, App. 91, 002 Cairo, Egypte Tél : +2 010 53 99 599 Fax : +202 37 60 16 14 E-mail : saadhendawyfilm@yahoo.com

Sales Saad Hendawy - Amal Fawzy, 46, El Shishiny Street, Borg El Mohandseen, El Maryotia, 9th Floor, App. 91, 002 Cairo, Egypte Tél : +2 010 53 99 599 Fax : +202 37 60 16 14 E-mail : saadhendawyfilm@yahoo.com