The Final Encounter (Arabic: اللقاء الأخير, transliterated as El-lekhaa el-akhir) is an Egyptian film released on June 1, 1953. The film is directed by El-Sayed Ziada, features a screenplay co-written with his brother Mahrous, and stars Baadriya Raafat[1] (in her last cinema role),[2][3] Emad Hamdy, Mohsen Sarhan, Zahrat El-Ola, and Mahmoud el-Meliguy. The story centers on a girl who elopes to marry a lover of whom her father does not approve, after which the lover goes missing in an accident and she thinks that he has died. Discovering that she is pregnant, the ostensible widow leaves the child in the care of a nurse and travels to Europe, only for the husband to return with amnesia.

The Final Encounter
اللقاء الأخير
Directed byEl-Sayed Ziada
Written by
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Produced byxxxx-
Starring
Cinematography
Edited byAhmed Ismail
Music by
Production
company
Distributed byAframusi Distribution
Release date
  • June 1, 1953 (1953-06-01)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryEgypt
LanguageArabic

Cast

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Songs

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Songs in score
Title Lyricist Singer
“يا قلبي غني” (“My Heart Is Rich”) Ahmed Mansour Doria Ahmed[4][5]
“يارب” (“Ya Rabb” or “My Liege”) Ahmed Mansour Galal Sadiq
“يا زهرة في خيالي” (“Ya Zahra fi Khayali”) Ahmed Mansour Omar El Gizawy[6]

Composers on the score include Farid al-Atrash, Mohamed Ehsan, Ibrahim Hussein Darwish, and Omar El Gizawy.[7]

Synopsis

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The film's protagonist, Nadia (Badriya Raafat), falls in love with Ezzat (Mohsen Sarhan) against the wishes of her father Hassanein Mahmoud el-Meliguy), and the couple secretly marry, but Ezzat goes missing and is feared dead. Nadia falls into severe shock and is treated by Dr. Nabil (Emad Hamdy) and nurse Zahra (Zahrat El-Ola). Dr. Nabil falls in unrequited love with her, but she continues to cherish her late husband's memory. When Nadia discovers that she is pregnant, she travels with her aunt Zainab (Ferdoos Mohammed) and Zahra to give birth away from Hassanein and Dr. Nabil's watchful eyes. Nadia leaves her newborn Salwa to Zahra with a monthly salary to raise the child.

Four years later, Nadia travels with her father and aunt to Europe for her summer vacation, at which time Zahra and Salwa visit Dr. Nabil and the nurse's other hospital colleagues. Zahra discovers by chance that Ezzat has been treated for amnesia at the same hospital for the last four years. Nadia and her father and aunt return to the shocking news of Zahra's death and only learn of Salwa's fate when the aunt finds out that Dr. Nabil intends to place the girl in an orphanage the next morning. Nadia sneaks into the hospital at night to retrieve Salwa but is caught by a nurse and compelled to confess to Dr. Nabil in the morning. After agreeing to marry Dr. Nabil based on his promises to take good care of Salwa, Nadia sees her daughter playing in the hospital's garden with Ezzat, who sees a large wooden bar about to fall on Salwa's head all of a sudden. Ezzat takes the blow to protect his daughter, and the impact restores his memory such that all live happily ever after.

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References

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  1. ^ Abdelhamid, Randa (June 7, 2020). "معلومات نادرة عن الممثلة بدرية رأفت اقرأ المزيد على مقال.كوم". Mqaall. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  2. ^ Hegazy, Bahaa (December 26, 2019). ""قتل وذبحة صدرية وحريق".. من هي الفنانة بدرية رأفت التي طاردها سوء الحظ؟". Masrawy. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  3. ^ Kassem, Mahmoud (2018). تاريخ السينما المصرية قراءة الوثائق النادرة. Cairo: Arab Press Agency. p. 1953.
  4. ^ "اغنية يا قلبي غني MP3 296 استماع". Aghany Shewaya. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Doreya Ahmad Songs". Arab Melody. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  6. ^ "عمر الجيزاوي يغني يا زهره في خيالي". يوتيوب VIP. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  7. ^ Ramzy. "افتراضي اللقاء الاخير* درّيّة أحمد - جلال صادق - عمر الجيزاوي 1953". Sama3y. Retrieved 11 November 2022.