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Asmaa or Asma'a is a 2011 Egyptian drama film, and is the first such feature film to present AIDS patients sympathetically. Written and directed by Amr Salama, the film tells the history of a woman with HIV who struggles to live under the burden of keeping her HIV status secret, and then the dilemma she faces when offered the opportunity to appear on a television talk show. It is based on a true story of a woman who died from a burst gallbladder after doctors refused to operate on her because she had AIDS. The director, Amr Salama, intended the film to raise awareness about AIDS: in his words, to correct the "misconceptions and lies" about the disease, since more people are dying from the misconceptions than from the lack of treatment. The film is not about AIDS, but rather the battle against social prejudice in Egypt, and about "love, courage, overcoming fear, and fighting for personal rights".
Original Release
12/07/2011
Cast
Name | Character |
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Hind Sabri | Asmaa |
Maged El-Kidwani | Muhsen El-Sisi / Mohsen |
Hany Adel | Mosaad |
Fatmah Adel | (as Fatma Adel) |
Samia Asaad | Iten |
Mohamed Abdel Azim | |
Mahmoud Azzazy | Pharmacist |
Abdelhakim Darwish | |
Laila Ezz El Arab | Farida |
Raafat El Bayoumi |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Hind Sabri | Asmaa |
Maged El-Kidwani | Muhsen El-Sisi / Mohsen |
Hany Adel | Mosaad |
Fatmah Adel | (as Fatma Adel) |
Samia Asaad | Iten |
Mohamed Abdel Azim | |
Mahmoud Azzazy | Pharmacist |
Abdelhakim Darwish | |
Laila Ezz El Arab | Farida |
Raafat El Bayoumi | |
Samer El-Minyawi | (as Samer Elminyawi) |
Ameer Salah Eldin | |
Bayoumi Fouad | (as Bayyumi Fuad) |
Boutros Ghali | (as Boutros-Boutros Ghali) |
Ali Idris | (as Ali Adris) |
Sayed Ragab | Hosni |
Marwa Tharwat | |
Amir Salah | |
Feliks Norski | Shafiq |