Film · Egypt

The Empty Pillow

Directed by Salah Abu Seif · Arabic · 1957 · 127 min

Salah, a young college student, falls in love for the first time with Samiha. He spends his nights thinking about her and looking to her face in the “empty pillow” next to him. When she marries someone else, he is devastated and her memory haunts him no matter where he goes.