The Belly Dancer and The Politician
الراقصة والسياسي
Directed by
  • Samir Seif
  • Mohamed Yassin (assistant director)
Written byIhsan Abdel Quddous
Starring
Music byMuhammed Sultan
Production
companies
Screen 2000 Cinema and Video
Release date
  • 1990 (1990)
CountryEgypt
LanguageEgyptian Arabic

The Belly Dancer and the Politician (Egyptian Arabic: الراقصة والسياسي, translit. Al Raqisa wa Al Siyasy) is an Egyptian film released in 1990.

Plot

Based on a novel by Ihsan Abdel Quddous, the film discusses the eternal conflict of power and authority, symbolized by the love affair between a politician and a belly dancer, revealing the corruption of a system where it becomes difficult to decide which has more integrity, the politician or the dancer.[1]

Cast

  • Nabila Ebeid
  • Salah Kabil
  • Farouk Falawkas
  • Ahmed Akl
  • Fatima Fouad
  • Nora Charles
  • Suhair Tawfik
  • Najwa Rabie
  • Enas Shalaby
  • Mervat el-Shennawy
  • Hamdi Salam
  • Saleh al-Aweel

References

  1. Al-Basri, Dawood (April 6, 2011). "الثورة المصرية.. الراقصة و السياسي". Elaph. Retrieved 31 July 2022.


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