Sleepless...1957 famous movie

Laa anaam , ( sleepless )....one of the very important signs in Egyptian cinema , with a lot of goodlooking and excellent superstars starring in it..it is based on the famous egyptian author Ahsaan AbdelKoddoos's famous masterpiece

Nadiya (Faten Hamama ) is an eighteen years old rich spoilt child , her parents are divorced ever since she was just a little child of two years old , and till then , she lived with her father Ahmed Lotfy ( Yehia Shaheen ) , who gave her all his love and care

Then , when Nadiya leaves school , her father marries Safeyya (Mariam Fakhreldeen ) , and here , Nadiya's life totally changes

Nadiya feels like she's not all her father's thoughts now , she feels jealous of Safeyya who is a very attractive character..she is a very loyal wife to Ahmed , and although they are aristocrates , but yet , she makes a very good housewife who never relies on servants , and she manages the palace very well , even Aziz , Ahmed's younger brother ( Omar ElShareef) , the womanizer who always wakes up late , gets his sleep hours fixed and organized with the help of Safeyya

At that time , Nadiya meets Mostafa ( Emad Hamdy ) , a 35 years old womanizer and a friend of her uncle Aziz , they begin to feel attracted towards eachother , the kind she thinks it's love , and she feels like she've found someone whom she can show her femininity , and yet , she remins a virgin

Nadiya's jealousy towards Safeyya increases even more when Mostafa himself gets so attracted to Safeyya's beautiful , cultured , loving and attractive character who always seem to be like the star of any party they go too , and gradually , Mostafa begins to feel less attracted to Nadiya , who is now preparing for an evil plan...she makes her father believe with false evidences thar Safeyya is having an affair with her uncle Aziz . Ahmed , who believes this , gets fiercely angry and divorces Safeyya , and orders his brother Aziz to leave the palace...Nadiya feels pain in her heart , she knows she's got a strong evil character inside her , she never sleeps due to her wicked actions , but yet , she insists on that and she doesn't know a reason for that. And so , she returns back to the title of the palace's first lady

After that , Aziz proposes to Safeyya , but she gently apologizes , she says that their marriage would make people believe even more that they were having a sexual affair

And oneday , while Nadiya was walking on the beach with her father , Nadiya meets Kawsar ( Hend Rostom ) , her old school colleague , when they were pupils at school , it happenned that Kawsar was in love with a boy called Medhat , and Nadiya with her evil side , sets them appart and causes Kawsar to cry.........now Kawsar is a 25 years old divorced woman....Nadiya sets a plan to make her father attract to Kawsar and they got married

Opposite to Safeyya , Kawsar is a spoilt young woman who loves music and dancing all the time , she never do any housework or carry out any responsibility , and then , Nadiya gets shocked when she knows that Kawsar is having a sexual affair with Sameer ( Roshdi Abaza ) , and that she married her father for his money...Nadiya finds herself actionless and of course sleepless , she knows her father is being betrayed and yet she fears to put him into another shock ...then oneday , while trying to persuade Kawsar and Sameer not to betray her father , Ahmed sees her and she was forced to lie and says that Sameer wants to marry her , Ahmed agrees pleasurely and sleepless Nadiya becomes more and more full of pain inside her as she realizes that is God's revenge for her , when Sameer marries her , they'd surely live in the palace and Sameer would be more closer to his lover Kawsar , and Ahmed would give Sameer a very good and well-paid job

Nadiya goes to see Safeyya and ask her advice , but before she speaks , she finds Mostafa entering and knows that Safeyya is now Mostafa's fiancee and surely that was another revenge for evil Nadiya who goes to her uncle Aziz and begs his help , and on wedding day , and with the help of Aziz , Ahmed knows the truth about Kawsar's affair with Sameer and divorces Kawsar , and while sad Nadiya was crying , flames of a wedding candle catches her wedding dress and destroys her beautiful leg

Nadiya confesses to her father and uncle about her evil action concerning Safeyya and Aziz , they forgive her and the three of them decide to begin a new life together where Nadiya hopes to find some sleep

Wonderful movie with wonderful soundtrack and wonderful faces , and wonderful costumes