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The Savage

The Savage

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Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 19, 1979

Runtime

2h 2m

Genres

Music, Drama

User Score

60%

Original Title

المتوحشة

Production Companies

Cindrella Film

Director

Samir Seif

Budget

$19,800

Revenue

$15,600

Description

Baheya, a poor singing and dancing girl in a family of carnival entertainers, falls in love with a wealthy writer named Ashraf. She later takes a factory job and is followed there by Ashraf; he eventually asks her to marry him. Baheya agrees to the proposal. When Ashraf presents her as his intended bride to his mother Eqbal she objects because of their social and class differences.