Your Day Will Come

Lak Yawm Ya Zalem
Directed by	Salah Abouseif
Starring	Faten Hamama Mahmoud El-Meliguy Mohammed Tawfik Mohsen Sarhan
Release date	1951 (1951)
Country	Egypt
Language	Arabic

Your Day Will Come listen^ⓘ (Arabic: لك يوم يا ظالم, Lak Yawm Ya Zalem; sometimes referred to in English as Your Day Is Coming[1]) is a classic 1951 Egyptian crime thriller film directed by Salah Abouseif. It starred Faten Hamama, Mahmoud el-Meliguy, Mohammed Tawfik and Mohsen Sarhan and was chosen as one of the best 150 Egyptian film productions in 1996, during the Egyptian Cinema centennial. The film was presented in the Berlin International Film Festival.^[citation needed]

The film is inspired by Zola's novel Thérèse Raquin.[2][3]

Plot

A greedy man betrays his friend and falls in love with his wife, who is a rich lady. He kills him and marries the widow. He steals her money and jewelry and mistreats her. He is then arrested by the police and receives his punishment.

Cast

• Mohammad Tawfik
• Faten Hamama
• Mahmoud Al Meleji
• Muhsen Sarhan

References

1. Elnaccash, Ataa (1968). "Egyptian Cinema: A Historical Outline". African Arts. 2 (1): 52–71. doi:10.2307/3334315. ISSN 0001-9933.
2. "[AFLAM] Ton Jour viendra". Mucem — Musée des civilisations et de la Méditerranée (in French). Retrieved 2024-03-05.
3. Abdi, Nidam. "Salah Abou Seif, mort d'un homme de la rue.Grand maître du réalisme arabe, le réalisateur égyptien s'est éteint samedi à 81 ans". Libération (in French). Retrieved 2024-03-05.

External links

• Your Day Will Come at IMDb
• Film summary