Hassan, a stout, uncouth gipsy, is in love with beautiful “Henna Flower”. But Ahmed, a rich man from the city, courts the beautiful gipsy girl. As a result, Hassan fights with the young man’s guards. He gets beaten up and decides to take his revenge.
But things go wrong and he ends up in prison while the beauty is invited to Ahmed’s house. Ahmed pretends she is a rich cousin. The trick works wonders to the point that Ahmed’s father also falls in love with “Henna Flower” and proposes to her. Ahmed confesses his love to his father but the gipsy woman knows too well she doesn’t belong to their world. After a series of incidents, she is reunited with her lover…
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Tamr Henna
(Tamr Henna)
- Egypt
- 1957
- Fiction
- Noir & Blanc
- 121′
- 35 mm
- Titre français
Fleur de Henné - Original title
Tamr Henna - Titre international
Tamr Henna - Interprétation
Naïma Akef, Zeinat Zidki, Ahmed Ramzi, Rouchdi Abaza, Kariman, Stéphan Rosti, Fayza Hamdad - Support de projection
35 mm