Love and Horror

Love and Horror

1991 · 88 min · ★ 10.0 · Drama, Horror

Dr. Hind returns from America with her child and her husband's body. She gets raped and spends the night with her former lover Ahmed and confesses to him that she has AIDS and he finds out that the virus has spread to him.

Directed by Kariem Diaa Aldeen · Written by Nabil Gholam

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