Dreams of Hind and Camilia

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Dreams of Hind and Camilia (1988)

— 109 min - Drama, Social Conflict - 7 April 1988

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The story of the friendship between two exploited servant women of Cairo: Camilla, divorced and unable to have children, and Hind, a widow from the countryside who longs to return to her home village. When Hind gives birth to a girl, they name her Ahlam, meaning "dreams." But will their own dreams elude them, or will they triumph against the odds?

Director:  Mohamed Khan

Writers:  Mohamed Khan

Stars:  Ahmed Zaki, Naglaa Fathi, Aida Riyad (Hind), Muhammad Kamel (sir), Othman Abdel Moneim, Mahjah Abdel Rahman, Khairy Bishara, Ghada, Muhammad Ibrahim, Ahmed Hegazy, Zain Nassar, Muhammad Raafat (child), Mustafa Yassin, Syed Hassan, Iman Rabie, Mustafa Suleiman, Mahmoud Muhammad Yassin, Muhammad Najeeb, Mustafa Bakri, Ibrahim Al-Homsani, Zainab Abdo, Hamdi Raafat, Wafaa Abdel-Halim, Bahjat Al-Jundi, Wajih Ajami, Abdel-Fattah El-Beltagy, Abdulaziz Issa, Shorouk.

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The story of the friendship between two exploited servant women of Cairo: Camilla, divorced and unable to have children, and Hind, a widow from the countryside who longs to return to her home village. When Hind gives birth to a girl, they name her Ahlam, meaning "dreams." But will their own dreams elude them, or will they triumph against the odds?

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Genres: Drama, Social Conflict

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Country:   Egypt

Language:  Arabic

Release Date:  7 April 1988

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Production Companies:  International Company for Television and Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:  1 h 49 min

* The movie “Dreams of Hind and Camelia 1988” ranks No. 36 in the list of the best 100 films in the memory of Egyptian cinema, according to a poll of critics on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the first cinematic show in Alexandria (1896-1996). The choice was from 1927, when the first film was shown. Masry (Laili 1927) until 1996.
* “Dreams of Hind and Camelia” won the Best Film Award from the Egyptian Catholic Center in 1989.

* The film ranked 60th in the list of the 100 best films in Arab cinema, according to a survey of film critics and intellectuals conducted by the Dubai International Film Festival in 2013 in the tenth session of the festival.

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Author: Hakam Ghanem