Factory Girl
Mar 19 2014
•2h 32m
•Drama, Romance
Hiyam, a young factory worker, lives in a lower-middle-class neighbourhood, along with her co-workers. She is clearly under the spell of Salah, the factory's new supervisor. Believing that love can transcend their class differences, Hiyam relentlessly pursues a dream of the pair being together. However, when a pregnancy test is discovered in the factory premises, her immediate family and close friends accuse her of sinning. Hiyam decides not to defend herself and pays an enormous price in a society that fails to accept her.
Cast
See allYasmine Raeis
Hayam
Hani Adel
Salah
Salwa Khattab
Eida
Salwa Mohamed Ali
Samera
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