Shafika and Metwali

Chafika et Metwal ("Chafika et Metwal"," Shafika and Metwali "," Shafika wa Metwalli(y)" ("شفيقة و متولي") is a 1979 Egyptian drama/romance film starring Soad Hosny and Ahmed Zaki. It was directed and written by Ali Badrakhan from a story by Salah Jahin.

Shafika and Metwali
Directed by	Ali Badrakhan
Written by	Salah Jahin
Starring	Soad Hosny Ahmed Zaki
Cinematography	Abdelhalim Nasr Mohsen Nasr
Edited by	Saeed El-Sheikh
Music by	Fouad El-Zahery
Production company	Misr International Films
Distributed by	Misr International Films
Release date	1979 (1979)
Country	Egypt
Language	Egyptian Arabic

Plot

The film was based on a folktale about brother and sister Shafika and Metwally. Where the wayward sister (Souad Hosni) escapes her petty existence in a small Upper Egyptian village and moves to the city. Chafika's poverty finally takes her to acquire a bad reputation as a belly dancer and kept woman.

Badrakhan gave the story an unconventional socio-political edge by setting it at the middle of the 19th century, when depraved Egyptian Pashas stopped at nothing to increase their wealth and influence, even if it meant trading in their own people's lives and sacrificing others’ integrity.

Cast

• Soad Hosny as Chafika
• Ahmed Zaki as Metwalli
• Mahmoud Abdel Aziz as Diab
• Ahmed Mazhar as Tarabishi Bek
• Gamil Ratib as Afandina
• Mahmoud El Gendy
• Ahmed Bedir
• Younes Shalaby

Awards

• "1980: "Tanit d'Bronze Award" for Ali Badrakhan. Carthage Film Festival, Tunisia."
• "1980: "Golden Montgolfiere Award" for Ali Badrakhan. Nantes Three Continents Festival, France."

See also

• Egyptian films of the 1970s
• List of Egyptian films of 1979
• Shafika and Metwally

References

• " Cinemed, "

External links

• "Chafika et Metwal at the Internet Movie Database "
• "Chafika wa Metwally "
• "معرض صور فيلم شفيقة ومتولى "