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The Market (1987)

Abdo leaves his village and goes to Cairo to work in the vegetable market. He meets Aziza, and marries her. Shams controls the vegetable market and monopolizes the prices. He admires Abdo and asks him to work with him. He agrees . Safiya, Shams's wife, admires Abdou, and tries to seduce him, but he repulses her. She claims that he tried to rape her, so Shams and his men take revenge and attempt to attack Aziza, but she is able to escape after a bitter struggle with the help of Abdou's friends. Then the struggle for market leadership turned between Abdo and Shams.

Release: 1987-03-23
Runtime: 102 min
Cast
Younes Shalaby
Younes Shalaby
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Mohamed Reda
Mohamed Reda
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Aziza Rashid
Aziza Rashid
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Gamal Ismail
Gamal Ismail
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Nazim Sharawy
Nazim Sharawy
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Laila Hamada
Laila Hamada
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Abdel Salam Mohamed
Abdel Salam Mohamed
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Olfat Sukkar
Olfat Sukkar
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Galeela Mahmoud
Galeela Mahmoud
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Laila Nasr
Laila Nasr
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Hosny Abdul Jalil
Hosny Abdul Jalil
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