Pleasure and Suffering
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| native_name = {{Infobox name module|arz|المتعه والعذاب}}
| director = Niazi Mostafa
| writer = Niazi Mostafa
| screenplay = Faisal Nada
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| producer = Abbas Helmi
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| cinematography = Mahmoud Nasr
| editing = Galal Mostafa
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| studio = Union Films (Abbas Helmi)
| distributor = Al Salam Films (Hassan Amin Imam & Partners)
| released = {{Film date|1971|11|15|Egypt}}
| runtime = 101 minutes
| country = Egypt
| language = Egyptian Arabic
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Pleasure and Suffering ({{langx|ar|المتعة والعذاب}}, al-Mutåt wal-ÂzabHabib, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=iNK5jWJxvrAC&pg=PA129 129]. or al-Moutʾah wal-ʾadhâbArmes, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=88sTRTl6yKwC&pg=PA183 183].) is a 1971 Egyptian film written and directed by Niazi Mostafa. The film stars Shams al-Baroudi and Nour al-Sherif.
Plot
The main characters are a group of four friends. Nana, a fashion designer, is the leader of the group. Nana has a fear of men, and she expresses anguish when her girlfriend Salwa says that her father is arranging a marriage for Salwa to one of her father's coworkers. Samar Habib, author of Female Homosexuality in the Middle East: Histories and Representations, describes Nana as an "ice-queen". Elham compulsively steals. She receives sexual pleasure from stealing. The fourth friend is Fifi. Another character is Âdel, a male character who is later revealed in the film as a con-man. Âdel expresses an interest in Nana, but Fifi tells Âdel that "she does not like men, she has a complex." Ultimately Âdel and Nana fall in love.Habib, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=iNK5jWJxvrAC&pg=PA130 130].
Habib said "The representation of female sexuality in this film thus tends towards the popular understanding that homosexual inclination in women is born out of trauma or a hatred for men, which can be corrected if the right man comes along." Habib argues that the film portrays female homosexuality as something that is transient.
Cast
- Shams al-Baroudi as Nana
- Nour al-Sherif as Adel
- Safa' Abu Sâoud as Fifi
- Soheir Ramzi as Elham
- Rawya Ashour as Salwa
- Samir Sabri as Sabri
- Ghasaan Matar as Atwa
- Mohamed Hamdi as Esmat
- Mahmud Rashad as Branch manager
- Sayid Abdallah as Abdel Azim
- Mnwar Madkur
- Kamal elziyni
- Amina elshariei
- Nawal Hashim
See also
{{Portal|Egypt|Film|LGBTQ}}
References
- Armes, Roy. Dictionary of African Filmmakers. Indiana University Press, July 11, 2008. {{ISBN|0253000424}}, 9780253000422.
- Habib, Samar. Female Homosexuality in the Middle East: Histories and Representations. Routledge, July 18, 2007. {{ISBN|0415956730}}, 9780415956734.