7 Days in Heaven

7 Days in Heaven

1969 · 120 min · ★ 6.0 · Comedy

In 1960s Egypt, a humble flower seller from Alexandria is drawn into a journalist's social experiment: to impersonate a millionaire’s daughter and spend a week living among Cairo’s elite, exposing the stark divide between classes in a rapidly modernizing society.

Directed by Fatin Abdel Wahab · Written by Mohamed Mostafa Sami

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