Genres

Drama

Duration

128 min

Director

Youssef Chahine

Rating

7.0

Release Date

February 10, 1964

Dawn of a New Day

Original title: فجر يوم جديد

Synopsis

The story of a 40-year-old married woman who has fallen into idleness and does not know how to approach the revolutionary events in her country. She finds a new meaning in life when she falls in love with an aspiring young student. “I shot FAGR YOM GUEDID in 1964. I count it among my best films and still stand by it completely. It is about the class whose assets were nationalized after the 1952 revolution. I explored the question of whether this class still had a place in Egyptian society.”