Sweet Aziza

Sweet Aziza

1969 · 122 min · Drama

Aziza is a beautiful dancer from Mansoura, after she rejects the mayor's son who loves her, he deforms her face. She travels to Cairo and runs a cabaret, and falls in love with one of the clients. She meets a doctor who performs plastic surgery on her, giving her a chance to start over.

Directed by Hassan Al-Imam · Written by Zeinab Hassan Al Emam

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