Ahlam Al-Banat

Ahlam Al-Banat

1959 · ★ 10.0 · Drama, Music

The events of the film center around three girls who share work and livelihood, and each one of them has a dream that dominates her thinking; Where (Rich) dreams all the time about wealth, while (Ahlam) is trying to achieve her artistic ambitions, while (Hoda) searches for love and stability, and each of the three girls follows different life paths in their continuous attempts to achieve these dreams.

Directed by Youssef Maalouf · Written by Abdel Aziz Salam

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