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5.1/10 • 7

2006-09-061h 52m

DramaRomance

Kiss Me Not on the Eyes

After studying literature at Cairo University, Dunia, 23 years old, wants to become a professional dancer. She attends audition for an oriental dance contest where she recites Arabian poetry without any body movement. She explain to the perplexed jury that a woman can't move her body or evoke act of love when society ask women to hide their femininity. She is selected and meet Beshir, an intellectual and activist who will supervise her thesis on ecstasy in Sufi love poetry. Their attraction is mutual. This could be liberation for Dunia but the constraints on women in Egyptian society goes deeper than she suspects.

Directors
Jocelyne Saab
Writters
Jocelyne Saab
Editors
Jocelyne Saab, Claude Reznik

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Hanan Turk

    Hanan Turk

    Dunia

  2. Mohamed Mounir

    Mohamed Mounir

    Beshir

  3. Aaidah Riyadh

    Aaidah Riyadh

    Inayate

  4. Fathy Abdel Wahab

    Fathy Abdel Wahab

    Mamdouh

  5. Sawsan Badr

    Sawsan Badr

    Arwa

  6. Soraya Ibrahim

    Soraya Ibrahim

  7. Aziza Rashid

    Aziza Rashid

  8. Nashwa Al Arabi

    Nashwa Al Arabi

  9. Khaled El Sawy

    Khaled El Sawy

    Hazem

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aya zein nassar

Oct 8, 2012

10/10

That's the real title, whomever submitted it for IMDb, must have shortened it. Anyways, Egyptian superstar Hanane Turk stars as sultry Dunia, a young woman who is sexually repressed according to society and this inhibits everything she does. One day she auditions for an oriental dance competition (think the type of Jennifer Beals audition from Flash Dance) and is stopped by the judges because of her lifeless performance. They are captured by her obvious beauty but do not buy her lifeless rendition of Arabian poetry. It is her obstinate rebellious nature that drives them to select them, when she challenges the jury to show her how she is supposed to display love when society forbids her to do so. She catches the eye of Beshir (Mohammed Mounir) who takes her under his wing, hoping to rescue her from a dark secret from the past as well as make her his muse. The forbidden attraction between them in unmistakable and only deepens as Dunia awakens to the sensuality hidden beneath her traditional values. Turk, a trained dancer in real life is flawless in the dance sequences and she has a body to die for. Her costumes are great as well. By the way, all the magnificent songs in the film are performed by none other than "The voice of Egypt" Mohammed Mounir. Dunia is a force to reckon with as she raises awareness to the trials and tribulations associated with being a woman in Egypt. Walid Aouni plays Dunia's dance teacher, Khaled El Sawi & Youssef Ismail co -star. Controversial but also a must see!

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Status
Released
Original Language
Arabic
Budget
--
Revenue
--
Keywords
woman director