I don't tell lies but I embellish

Collection title

ERTU collection

ID

ERU00048

Source

ERTU (EG)

First broadcast date

1982

Production year

1982

Abstract

The film tells the story of a young student from a poor family, whose father is a cemetry attendant and mother a char woman. At the university, he is a brilliant student. He falls in love with his classmate who is from the upper class, but he will not reveal his private life and his situation. His jealous comrades will reveal his secret, but the young woman remains with him. She finally decided to leave him under the pressure of her family and the society.

Type

video

Production companies

• ERTU - Own production

Broadcaster

ERTU - Channel 1

Audiovisual form

Fiction

Personalities

• Mounir Mohamed
• El Guendi Mahmoud
• Cherif Mouni Cherif

Primary theme

Public areas and social issues

Secondary themes

• Art, Culture and Knowledge / Cinemas

Credits / Cast

• El Leithy Mamdouh - Producer
• Anaam Mohamed Ali - Director

Period of events

• 1982

Map locations

• Egypt - Lower Egypt - Cairo

Original language

Arabic

Media running time

28m16

Additional information