Hobbi al-Wahid
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Hobbi al-Wahid is a 1960
Egypt
ian drama
/romance film
directed by the Egyptian film director
Kamal El Sheikh
. It starred Omar Sharif
, Kamal Al-Shennawi, and Nadia Lutfi
.
who shares a love relationship with a woman named Mona (Nadia Lutfi). Rushdi (Kamal Al-Shennawi), a friend of Mona's family, wants her and has fallen in love with her. He tries to come onto her and approach her several times but she rejects him.
On the day of Adel and Mona's engagement
, Adel and Mona's friend, Hoda, have a car accident
on their way to the engagement. When Mona calls Adel to see why he is late, Hoda replies to her telephone call
. Mona thinks Adel is having an affair
with her. She agrees to marry Rushdi, but after their marriage
, he treats her badly. He makes her pregnant
and after learning she has become pregnant, he hits her, thus making her have an abortion
.
Hoda meets Mona secretly and tells her the truth. Shocked by the truth, she asks Rushdi to divorce her. Rushdi plans to kill Mona, but he fails, and his plan was discovered. Mona spares Rushdi from any charges in return for their divorce. She returns to her lover Adel.
1960 in film
The year 1960 in film involved some significant events, with Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho the top-grossing release in the U.S.-Events:* April 20 - for the first time since coming home from military service in Germany, Elvis Presley returns to Hollywood, California to film G.I...
Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
ian drama
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
/romance film
Romance film
Romance films are love stories that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate involvement of the main characters and the journey that their love takes through courtship or marriage. Romance films make the love story or the search for love the main plot focus...
directed by the Egyptian film director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
Kamal El Sheikh
Kamal El Sheikh
Kamal El Sheikh was an Egyptian film director. He directed 28 films between 1952 and 1987.-Selected filmography:* Malak al-Rahma * Al-Manzel Raqam 13 * Hob wa Dumoo`...
. It starred Omar Sharif
Omar Sharif
Omar Sharif is an Egyptian actor who has starred in Hollywood films including Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago and Funny Girl. He has been nominated for an Academy Award and has won two Golden Globe Awards.-Early life:...
, Kamal Al-Shennawi, and Nadia Lutfi
Nadia Lutfi
Nadia Lutfi , the daughter of an Egyptian father who was an accountant and a Polish mother, was one of the most popular actresses during the final phase of Egyptian cinema's "Golden Age".-Life and career:...
.
Plot
Adel (Omar Sharif) is an airplane captainPilot in command
The pilot in command of an aircraft is the person aboard the aircraft who is ultimately responsible for its operation and safety during flight. This would be the "captain" in a typical two- or three-pilot flight crew, or "pilot" if there is only one certified and qualified pilot at the controls of...
who shares a love relationship with a woman named Mona (Nadia Lutfi). Rushdi (Kamal Al-Shennawi), a friend of Mona's family, wants her and has fallen in love with her. He tries to come onto her and approach her several times but she rejects him.
On the day of Adel and Mona's engagement
Engagement
An engagement or betrothal is a promise to marry, and also the period of time between proposal and marriage which may be lengthy or trivial. During this period, a couple is said to be betrothed, affianced, engaged to be married, or simply engaged...
, Adel and Mona's friend, Hoda, have a car accident
Car accident
A traffic collision, also known as a traffic accident, motor vehicle collision, motor vehicle accident, car accident, automobile accident, Road Traffic Collision or car crash, occurs when a vehicle collides with another vehicle, pedestrian, animal, road debris, or other stationary obstruction,...
on their way to the engagement. When Mona calls Adel to see why he is late, Hoda replies to her telephone call
Telephone call
A telephone call is a connection over a telephone network between the calling party and the called party.-Information transmission:A telephone call may carry ordinary voice transmission using a telephone, data transmission when the calling party and called party are using modems, or facsimile...
. Mona thinks Adel is having an affair
Affair
Affair may refer to professional, personal, or public business matters or to a particular business or private activity of a temporary duration, as in family affair, a private affair, or a romantic affair.-Political affair:...
with her. She agrees to marry Rushdi, but after their marriage
Marriage
Marriage is a social union or legal contract between people that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged in a variety of ways, depending on the culture or subculture in which it is found...
, he treats her badly. He makes her pregnant
Pregnancy
Pregnancy refers to the fertilization and development of one or more offspring, known as a fetus or embryo, in a woman's uterus. In a pregnancy, there can be multiple gestations, as in the case of twins or triplets...
and after learning she has become pregnant, he hits her, thus making her have an abortion
Abortion
Abortion is defined as the termination of pregnancy by the removal or expulsion from the uterus of a fetus or embryo prior to viability. An abortion can occur spontaneously, in which case it is usually called a miscarriage, or it can be purposely induced...
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Hoda meets Mona secretly and tells her the truth. Shocked by the truth, she asks Rushdi to divorce her. Rushdi plans to kill Mona, but he fails, and his plan was discovered. Mona spares Rushdi from any charges in return for their divorce. She returns to her lover Adel.