The Leech (1956 film)


The Leech is a 1956 Egyptian drama film directed by Salah Abu Seif. It was entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival.

Synopsis

The film revolves around Imam Biltagy Hassanein Shoukry Sarhan), a young man who comes from the countryside to study in Cairo. In the Al-Khalifa neighborhood, he rents a house from a woman named Shafaat. Seduced by her, he indulges in vice and falls behind on his studies. On the other hand, a young woman close to him who has known him since childhood helps out of the spiral. The latter woman's father advises Biltagy to stay away from her, so he fights to break out of Shafaat's clutches.

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