La Tutf'e al-Shams

Infobox Film
name = La Tutf'e al-Shams
لا تطفئ الشمس


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caption = "La Tutf'e al-Shams" VHS cover
director = Salah Abu Seif
producer = Omar Sharif
writer = Ihsan Abdel Quddous
Helmy Halim
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starring = Faten Hamama
Imad Hamdi
Nadia Lutfi
Ahmed Ramzy
Shukry Sarhan
Layla Taher
music = Ali Ismail
cinematography =
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released = flagicon|Egypt December 25 1961
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country = Egypt
language = Arabic
budget =
imdb_id = 0369645

"La Tutf'e al-Shams" ( _ar. لا تطفئ الشمس, _en. Don't Set the Sun Off or "The Sun Will Never Set") is a 1961 Egyptian romance film. Directed by the Egyptian film director Salah Abu Seif, this film is based on a novel with the same name written by the Egyptian novelist Ihsan Abdel Quddous and co-written by Helmy Halim.cite web | url =http://www.alriyadh.com/2006/08/15/article179222.html | title = Salah Abuseif | author =Al-Dahby, Hiyam | accessdate =2007-04-18 | publisher =Al-Riyadh newspaper] The film was presented in the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 1962 and was selected as one of the best 150 Egyptian film productions in 1996.cite web | url =http://www.fatenhamama.com/Arabic/films/LA-TOTFEI-ALSHAMS.html | title ="La Tutf'e al-Shams" | accessdate =2007-04-18 | publisher =Faten Hamama's official site | language =Arabic] The film starred Faten Hamama, Imad Hamdi, Nadia Lutfi, Ahmed Ramzy, Shukry Sarhan and Layla Taher.

Plot

An aristocratic family is torn down after the death of its patriarch. He leaves alone his widow wife and five of his daughters and sons. His eldest son, Ahmed (Shukry Sarhan), takes the role of the man in the house and helps his mother take care of his brother and sisters. Mamdouh (Ahmed Ramzy), his brother, is a self-centered man who refuses to follow his brother's step and decides to make his own decisions in his life. Meanwhile, despite restricting social conventions, Layla (Faten Hamama) falls in love with her piano teacher, a married man who is years older than her, and marries him. The other two daughters accept their conditions and move on. Layla and Mamdouh's impetuous decisions result in unfortunate consequences. Layla divorces her husband shortly after their marriage and Mamdouh dies in a car accident after a quarrel. Ahmed finds the strength to face his brother's death and enrolls in the army to fight in the war. His sister falls in love with another soldier in the war, and Ahmed himself falls in love with a woman and marries her.cite web | url =http://www.art-tv.net/MovieChannel/movies_movie.asp?ShowID=3737&ChannelID=5 | title ="La Tutf'e al-Shams" | accessdate =2007-04-18 | publisher =Arab Radio and Television Network | language =Arabic]

Cast

*Faten Hamama as Layla
*Imad Hamdi as Fathi
*Nadia Lutfi as Ahmed's girlfriend and wife
*Ahmed Ramzy as Mamdouh
*Shukry Sarhan as Ahmed
*Layla Taher as Fifi

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*imdb title|id=0369645